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Man dies in freak accident involving backpack, beer
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| 4/3/08
| AP
Posted on 04/03/2008 7:08:11 PM PDT by Michael_Michaelangelo
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a transient climbing over a chain link fence in Vancouver choked to death when he got tangled in the straps of his beer-filled backpack.
Police say 51-year-old James Francis Henry had been drinking beer Tuesday night while walking with his girlfriend, 38-year-old Kelli Jo Barkley. They were returning to their homeless encampment from their roadside panhandling site.
Barkley says he fell while trying to scale a 6-foot chain link fence, got his neck caught in the chest strap of his backpack and said, "Help me! Help me!"
By the time she got a nearby resident to call 911 and emergency crews arrived, Henry was unconscious and could not be revived.
Police said his backpack contained about a dozen 40-ounce bottles of beer.
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: darwin; holdmuhbeer
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To: shibumi
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:28:30 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(Arrogance IS my virtue!)
To: Right Wing Assault
Weighs a bit less than two bowling balls. Yeah but it makes for a extended whiz in the morning.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:28:58 PM PDT
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:29:01 PM PDT
by
MadLibDisease
(Proudly residing in Dar-al-Harb since 1959)
To: RDTF
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Mom always told me to never leave the house without a pocketknife. “It could save your life someday”.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:31:36 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: reagan_fanatic
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:32:29 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Barkley says he fell while trying to scale a 6-foot chain link fence, got his neck caught in the chest strap of his backpack and said, "Help me! Help me!" Most backpack chest straps can easily be loosened, even while under load. The man probably couldn't get at the fastener, but the woman should have been able to.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:33:51 PM PDT
by
3niner
(War is one game where the home team always loses.)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Why is it that she couldn't save him herself? It was just a six foot fence. She was right there.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:36:17 PM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:41:27 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
To: avg_freeper
“Why is it that she couldn’t save him herself?”
Prolly used the money she got from panhandling to take out an insurance policy on him.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:42:39 PM PDT
by
RouxStir
(No Peeing Allowed in the Gene Pool.)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
I don’t get why she couldn’t help him herself.
To: sionnsar
PING!
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a transient climbing over a chain link fence in Vancouver choked to death when he got tangled in the straps of his beer-filled backpack.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:43:55 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
To: forkinsocket
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:44:10 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
To: Libertina; American in Israel; Gator113; Horusra; rahbert; luckymom; Paperdoll; gandalftb; ...
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this ping list.
Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:44:33 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Yet another reason why the women should be fetching the beer.
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
They were returning to their homeless encampment from their roadside panhandling site.This has "hot date" written all over it.
To: elkfersupper; All
"Yet another reason why the women should be fetching the beer."
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:48:13 PM PDT
by
musicman
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
If democrats had not banned reisling sub-machine guns, he could’ve shot his way out.
Let’s get this story into the Democrat Holocaust Museum, the banned guns wing.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:49:23 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Governments hate armed citizens more than armed criminals)
To: WorkingClassFilth
Ooooh! That’s bad..
But gave me a laugh.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:50:56 PM PDT
by
listenhillary
(There's more people in the wagon, than there is pushin')
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
beer filled pack this is like death by SUV. I mean, would he have survived if he had Pepsi in his backpack instead?
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