Teen Survives Six-Story Fall After Jumping Between Parking Garages in Orlando

Associated Press ^ | -12-31-04 1933EST | Associated Press

[BenLurkin]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A teenager fell six stories Friday after trying to leap from one parking garage to another, but suffered only a broken shoulder and other fractures. Timothy Bargfrede, 18, of Longwood, and a friend realized they were at the wrong parking garage, so the friend jumped from one roof to the other, about a 2 1/2-foot leap, Orlando police Lt. Orlando Rolon said.

Bargfrede fell when he tried to jump, and became wedged six stories down between the two buildings. Firefighters had to cut through the concrete to free him, Rolon said.

"He's very lucky to be alive," said his father, Tim Bargfrede.

AP-ES-12-31-04 1933EST

[llevrok]

To quote Napolian Dynamite: "Idiot!"

[paul51]

Couldn't make a 2.5 foot leap and got lodged between the bldgs. Why do I get the impression he's rather large?

[BenLurkin]

Here . . . hold muh beer!

[MKM1960]

As my dear, departed dad would have said: "WHAT were you THINKING?"

[okie01]

so the friend jumped from one roof to the other, about a 2 1/2-foot leap,

2 1/2 feet! That's a normal pace, not a "jump".

Was our teenager a paraplegic?

[Technical Editor]

"He's very lucky to be alive," said his father, Tim Bargfrede.

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And so are the people they could have killed if they had driven drunk.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I hope they make the little booger pay for the damage that was done by the Firefighters cutting through the concrete.

[Technical Editor]

I looked for a "Dumb Question" thread, and couldn't find one, so:

Why does "Loose lips sink ships." appear on the posting page? Nobody seriously thinks classified material is posted here, do they?

[Frank_2001]

"Dude, like, where's my car"?

"Like, dude, I dunno, like, you know what I mean"?

"Whoa, dude, I like, think you' re like parked in the wrong, like, garage, dude"!

Like, let's not , like go all the way back down those stairs, dude, like, let's like, jump"!

Awesome, dude!

[Oblongata]

" 2 1/2 feet! That's a normal pace, not a "jump".

Was our teenager a paraplegic?" Was he? No. Is he now? Maybe.

[Viking2002]

Yup. Sounds like something dumb I would've done 25 years ago.

[BenLurkin]

It first appeared after 9/11.

You're right -- no FReeper is likely to post classified information. The problem (I think) form the Mods point of view is that other information which is not classified could be posted.

The mods don't want FR to become a 'freebie" for bad guys who are too lazy to collect and analyze this "open source" intelligence themselves .

[cyborg]

Well okay I was about to say darwin runnerup dumbass but I remembered my stunt with a bedsheet.

[Technical Editor]

Thanks, Ben. Whoa! It's gone from this page I'm posting from.

Happy New Year, everyone!

[SittinYonder]

It's not necessarily an issue of "classified material" but some people here have knowledge of things that might benefit terrorists (or democrats for that matter). I think it's good to have a little red reminder that anyone and everyone could be reading.

[SittinYonder]

And what did you do with a bed sheet?

[cyborg]

Jumped off the roof of my house.

[BenLurkin]

It seemed like a good idea at the time didn't it? Tell the truth now . . . how old were you?

[El Gran Salseron]

"Nobody seriously thinks classified material is posted here, do they?"

It has happened!

THAT'S WHY THE NOTATION APPEARS ON THE POSTING PAGE!