Reports: Jet Li Escapes Maldives Flooding

AP ^ | Dec 28, 2004

[TheDon]

HONG KONG - Action star Jet Li injured his foot as he protected his daughter from tsunami waves that flooded his hotel in the Maldives, Hong Kong newspapers reported Tuesday.

AP Photo

Li, who played the villain in 1998's "Lethal Weapon 4," was with his daughter in the hotel's lobby Sunday when huge waves gushed into the hotel, the Apple Daily newspaper reported, quoting a friend vacationing with Li.

He slightly injured his foot while picking up his daughter, the report said. Ming Pao Daily News reported Li struck his foot against a floating piece of furniture.

The death toll across 11 nations from Asia's devastating tsunamis was estimated Tuesday at around 44,000. Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Somalia were among the countries struck by massive waves.

Li made his name in Hong Kong as a martial arts film star before moving on to Hollywood. His screen credits include "Romeo Must Die" and "Hero."

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On the Net:

http://jetli.com/

[mewzilla]

Or someone they think they know.

[Physicist]

why did you click on this thread?

In all honesty, I pictured a Chinese passenger jet screaming down the tarmac, mere inches ahead of a curving wall of water sweeping after it. Sounds like a great action movie scene. Never heard of Jet Li.

[drjimmy]

Or someone they think they know.

Like with Pat Tillman. Hundreds of other service men and women have been killed after volunteering to serve their country in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, yet because we "know" Pat Tillman, we elevate his status.

[mewzilla]

I hope you're not actually comparing this actor with Pat Tillman.

[drjimmy]

I hope you're not actually comparing this actor with Pat Tillman.

I'm comparing the actor with every other person who was in the Maldives when this happened, Pat Tillman with every other military member who gave the ultimate sacrifice, and the way people are more likely to want to read and talk about about someone they "know" than someone they don't know.

[Howlin]

Uh oh...here's another "celebrity" who lived.

This will surely upset some people.

[Howlin]

In the face of such a horrific tragedy, the media's need to spend time on its impact on celebrities is unfortunate.

These are the KNOWN people; there are thousands of unkowns we will never read about.

Perhaps, just perhaps, some airhead will read THIS story and give a damn for a change.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Oy vey! Pat Tillman gave up millions of dollars because of the duty that he felt towards his country. That is a remarkable story in and of itself in this day and age.

Jet Li happened to be in harm's way when a tragedy struck and picked up his own daughter.

[jwfiv]

Jet Li ping.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

I fully understand that celebrities are KNOWN people and that airheads pay more attention to them. That's why we have PEOPLE magazine and that's why I don't read it.

Again this is a story about Jet Li PICKING UP his own daughter. Is there something particularly heroic about that that I'm missing?

[Darlin']

Oy vey! Pat Tillman gave up millions of dollars because of the duty that he felt towards his country. That is a remarkable story in and of itself in this day and age

Jet Li happened to be in harm's way when a tragedy struck and picked up his own daughter."

So, lemme see if I got this straight.... you'd be happier if he'd picked up his daughter and then given away all his money ?

[Dog Gone]

It's an interesting dynamic here at FR. People are actually hostile to celebrities that were caught up like everyone else in this tragedy.

Not everyone here, of course, but it's definitely discernable. I'm not sure whether it's class envy or some other sort of schadenfreude.

In any event, it's not terribly becoming.

Before I get too sanctimonious, though, I admit that I'd love a story about Alec Baldwin being stuck in a tree for a few hours.

[Howlin]

That's why we have PEOPLE magazine and that's why I don't read it.

Well, if it upsets you that much, I'm having trouble wondering why you clicked on this thread.

[Howlin]

Well, the model has a broken pelvis and her boy friend is probably dead and that wasn't enough for some to qualify as her being involved, so I guess this guy saving his daughter doesn't either.

[Xenalyte]

Li, who played the villain in 1998's "Lethal Weapon 4,"

That's the only movie of his they could think to mention? Jeez, maybe we ARE a provincial nation.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Jet Li

I thought I was on the lost luggage thread.

[vezke]

What if it was Mel Gibson?

Would you scorn the media for reporting his survival?

[Dog Gone]

Exactly.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

So, lemme see if I got this straight....

Nope. Thanks for playing, though.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

What if it was Mel Gibson?

That's just plain silly. (Everyone on Freerepublic knows that Mel Gibson walks on water.)