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Michigan woman dies after being struck by ray
Keynoter ^
| March 20, 2008
| Ryan McCarthy
Posted on 03/20/2008 12:52:56 PM PDT by Shermy
A 55-year-old Michigan woman was killed this morning in a freak accident just offshore of Marathon.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Bobby Dube said a Spotted Eagle Ray breached the water and struck the woman in the head.
"It knocked her unconscious and evidently she fell and struck something on the boat. Her mother, father and sister were onboard and performed CPR till they got back to the boat," Dube said. "By the time EMS arrived she was pronounced dead."
The Pigeon, Mich., native was aboard a 25-foot rental boat with her sister, mother and father, reportedly traveling at approximately 20 mph. Dube said the family intended to fish the reef line on the oceanside of Marathon.
* Dube said after the accident the family returned to the home they rent on 5th Avenue oceanside in Marathon. The ray landed onboard and laid dead on the deck of the boat following the accident.
Monroe County Sheriff's Office and FWC vehicles were on hand investigating the scene. Dube said the officers took statements from the woman's family.
Dube called the accident "an act of God," the likes of which he has never seen. He said the circumstances of the accident do not fall within guidelines to be classified a boating accident.
"We're just doing an accident report," he said.
Dube said officers on the scene estimated the animal to be between 80 and 100 pounds, with a 4-foot wingspan. He said no necropsy will be performed on the ray.
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This is the Spotted Eagle Ray that struck and killed a 55-year-old Michigan woman as she boated with her family offshore of Marathon. Estimated at 80 to 100 pounds, with a 4-foot wingspan, the animal reportedly caused the woman to fall and hit her head on the boat. EMS pronounced her dead when they arrived at the family's Marathon rental home. Photos courtesy Monroe County Sheriff's Office
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:52:57 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
Grass carp kill people the same way here in Missouri.
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:56:45 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: Shermy
Yikes! Where is Marathon?
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
WARNING: Do Not Aim Ray at Head!
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:57:53 PM PDT
by
dblshot
To: Shermy; grellis
For those of you in FLA. Are these rays known for breaching like this?
We gots us some 100 pound carp in the Canal that breach and knock folks outta they’s boats.
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:57:56 PM PDT
by
petercooper
(Sure, Americans don't want Muslims running a couple U.S. ports, but they're fine with a Muslim Prez.)
To: Shermy
It must be Global Warming. Water got too hot for the Ray.
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:57:56 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
(Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:58:48 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: Shermy
All the tinfoil in the world won’t protect you from a ray like that.
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:59:25 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Shermy
Death Rays are fish? Who’d’a’thunk?
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posted on
03/20/2008 12:59:33 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: Shermy
Sometimes animals like to remind humans they aren’t necessarily at the top of the ladder.
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:01:07 PM PDT
by
gdani
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:02:10 PM PDT
by
TCats
(The Clintons Are Not Just Wrong - They Are Certifiable AND Dangerous! See my Page)
To: Shermy
Truth is stranger than fiction. I’m sorry for that poor woman and her family.
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:04:52 PM PDT
by
American Quilter
(Vote Democrat--It's Easier Than Thinking)
To: Shermy
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:05:21 PM PDT
by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Global warming is to Revelations as the theory of evolution is to Genesis.)
To: Shermy
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:05:22 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~***Just say NO to the "O"***~~~)
To: Shermy; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
Michigan woman dies after being struck by ray
"SHE CALLED ME JOHNSON!"
To: Tennessee_Bob
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
40 miles N. of Key West.
North end of the Seven Mile bridge.
I used to spot them from the bridges around Miami, often in pairs.
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:07:05 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
For those of you in FLA. Are these rays known for breaching like this?Oh, yeah, all of them do it. I would call it jumping rather than "breaching." Kind of like dolphins, and just as pretty. But I've never heard of one jumping into a boat like this.
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:07:16 PM PDT
by
King of Florida
(A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
To: Shermy
A crane killed four in Manhattan last week, too. What’s this world coming to? ;)
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posted on
03/20/2008 1:08:40 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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