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Teens Leaping For Thrills In 'Garage Jumping' Trend (teen tries stunt and lawyer sues)
local6.com ^ | march 1, 2005 | local6

Posted on 03/01/2005 8:57:26 AM PST by RolandBurnam

Teens Leaping For Thrills In 'Garage Jumping' Trend

POSTED: 2:52 pm EST February 28, 2005 UPDATED: 11:02 am EST March 1, 2005

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Teenagers in Orlando, Fla., are leaping between 80-foot high public parking garages in a new trend called "garage jumping," according to a Local 6 News investigation.

Local 6 News reported that the thrill seekers are vaulting themselves between garages in downtown Orlando.

Tim Bargfrede told Local 6 News that he was following friends when he attempted to garage jump and did not make it to the other side. Bargfrede fell six stories and was knocked unconscious on impact.

"I just didn't make it," Bargfrede said.

(Excerpt) Read more at local6.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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To: Graybeard58

It took a couple of tries jumping out of tree with the supply parachute my father brought home one time before i figured out parachutes just don't work if your jump is only 5-6 feet.


41 posted on 03/01/2005 9:17:22 AM PST by tfecw (Vote Democrat, It's easier then working)
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To: Bikers4Bush
What the hell have we become that some moron can sue because he wasn't prevented from doing something stupid?

the defense attorney should ask the jury that question. after watching the video, it amazes me what some people can say with a straight face when they are trying to get a settlement.

42 posted on 03/01/2005 9:19:21 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: RolandBurnam

Man, would I like to sit on that jury. We'd be home for lunch.


43 posted on 03/01/2005 9:20:32 AM PST by Muleteam1
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To: Baynative
and the jackass movie where he learned the stunt...

"The Matrix"?

Shalom.

44 posted on 03/01/2005 9:21:28 AM PST by ArGee (Why do we let queers tell us what's normal?)
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To: Graybeard58

Our kids used to jump from the garage roof (even the
house roof) in the winter...when the snow piles were
7 1/2 feet high! <>g<>


45 posted on 03/01/2005 9:21:55 AM PST by Grendel9
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To: RolandBurnam
There was a very, very short length of fence that was completely ineffective in preventing this from happening," D'Assaro said.

There was a very, very stupid father that was completely ineffective in preventing this from happening.
46 posted on 03/01/2005 9:22:37 AM PST by contemplator
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To: RolandBurnam

The city needs to counter-sue the parents to recover the cost of the 911 response and any legal fees. I'm tired of the hearing about people doing idiotic things and then blaming someone else.


47 posted on 03/01/2005 9:22:50 AM PST by mbynack
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To: SF Republican
the kid was so bad I wanted to slap his parents

I think Rodney Dangerfield said, "I was such an ugly kid that when I was born the doctor slapped my mother."

Shalom.

48 posted on 03/01/2005 9:23:21 AM PST by ArGee (Why do we let queers tell us what's normal?)
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To: RolandBurnam

D'Assaro, the lawyer, works here:

http://www.forthepeople.com/legal/about/ourstaff.html

Here is the contact email address:

info@mcgfirm.com

Let's just keep everyone in their houses tied to chairs. But then how would anyone eat? And what about those who choke?

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE RISK!!!!


49 posted on 03/01/2005 9:23:25 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty ("Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." —Albert Einstein)
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To: RolandBurnam
"The first time I came to the garage after my son's accident, I looked over and I just about broke out in tears," the boy's father Tim Bargfrede said.

Accident? Funny how problems caused by behavior are never accurately described (alcoholism, AIDS, drug addiction, poverty...)

50 posted on 03/01/2005 9:27:00 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: RolandBurnam

He'll probably get away with suing too. The courts might consider the garage an "attractive nuisance" like they do with unfenced swimming pools.

Stupid kid. Even Stupider father. Opportunistic lawyer. Dumb court system.


51 posted on 03/01/2005 9:27:15 AM PST by ladylib
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To: bikepacker67

Seriously, that is one incredible athlete in this video you linked! Fearless and skilled, truly.

Amazing.


52 posted on 03/01/2005 9:30:31 AM PST by Husker8877
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To: bikepacker67

Wow.


53 posted on 03/01/2005 9:33:00 AM PST by Kay Syrah (:Ö:)
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To: RolandBurnam
There's something wrong with this sentence: Bargfrede survived the 80-foot fall but was injured.

Oh, I know what it is: Bargfrede survived the 80-foot fall but was injured but survived the 80-foot fall.

Writing it the first way makes it sound as if they are surprised he was injured...

54 posted on 03/01/2005 9:34:31 AM PST by zahal724 (I own a lumber company? Want some wood?)
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To: RolandBurnam
Why does not someone sue this dumb idiot, his family and the lawyer to get the taxpayers money back for all the trouble this has caused.
55 posted on 03/01/2005 9:35:41 AM PST by YOUGOTIT
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To: Kerretarded
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE RISK!!!!

In fact, where there is none, people will create it (which is what is happening here).

"You'll fall and break our neck!" wasn't an admonishment, more like a mantra. Kids are rebelling (normal) against being maintained in a persistent vegetative state in front of the tube or computer or video game.

The more 'safe' their world is, the more 'extreme' the risks they take, simply because there are relatively few intermediate level risks left.

56 posted on 03/01/2005 9:36:09 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (Invest in semi-precious metal--BLOAT!)
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To: NRA1995

How about a No Trespassing sign and stiff penalties for these idiots.

Oh by the way, last night I cut my finger while chopping stir-fry veggies, guess I can sue Henkel for making their knife too sharp.


57 posted on 03/01/2005 9:36:33 AM PST by highnoon (When in charge – ponder, When in trouble – delegate, When in doubt - mumble)
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To: RolandBurnam
There are no safety fences in place on the parking garage.

Ha! . . . Eventually some dumb lib would sue because "the fence tripped my son when he tried to leap over it and caused him to fall."

Liberalism is nothing more than a thieves scheme to rob the blameless blind.

58 posted on 03/01/2005 9:39:15 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Smokin' Joe

This is why I hate all of these mandatory bike helmet laws, etc.

I bumped my head on the ground more than once as a kid and the most I needed was a few stitches. We are raising a generation of wusses.


59 posted on 03/01/2005 9:39:28 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty ("Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." —Albert Einstein)
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To: frogjerk

Me, too. I wonder what he landed on. I went on a call where a guy bailed ninety feet into a shallow stream with an uneven rock surface. About a quarter of the top of his head split open, and his arms and legs were like those koozie tube toys kids play with at the pool. We had to slide a bag under him, as he would have come apart if we'd tried to pick him up like a normal victim. I've seen ninety foot, sixty foot and thirty foot falls. Thirty isn't too bad if they don't land on a hard surface on their head, ninety is gnarly.


60 posted on 03/01/2005 9:39:30 AM PST by Richard Kimball (It was a joke. You know, humor. Like the funny kind. Only different.)
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