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In a photo taken by protesters and provided to news media by the Calhoun County Sheriff Department, Chris Wahmhoff stands near the pipeline he crawled into this morning near Marshall.

Note: at the article linked above, this photo was tagged as being AP, but it is provided with the disclaimer above and not sourced to AP.

Enbridge protester emerges from pipeline 'in good health'
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20130624/NEWS01/306240012/Protester-emerges-after-10-hours-spent-inside-pipeline?nclick_check=1
Kalamazoo man goes from decontamination to jail

“He was down there 10 hours,” Sheriff Matt Saxton said. “He advised us early in the morning he would come out about 5 p.m., and he came out almost at 5 p.m.”

“He was dirty but he appeared to be in good health,” Saxton said. “He was happy. It was bright in the sun but I think he is happy to be out.”

Saxton said Wahmhoff was put through decontamination at the work site because of chemicals in the interior coating of the pipe. He was taken from the scene in a Marshall Firefighters ambulance to Oaklawn Hospital for a check and then would be questioned by detectives before he was taken to the county jail....

Jason Manshum, a spokesman for Enbridge, said the pipe is part of a five-mile replacement section being completed. Workers were about to connect it to the original line.

He said the protest meant a lost day of work on the project. He said Enbridge and the pipeline construction crews will inspect the line to insure Wahmhoff did not damage it....

8 posted on 06/25/2013 5:41:57 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

This clown was essentially protesting against safety and progress. They do more harm than good because they drive up costs and cause corner cutting.

In fact the original spill investigation determined one thing these idiots never mention. Among other things, the investigation found that the state didn’t even have the required inspector on the payroll and hadn’t for nearly a decade.


18 posted on 06/25/2013 6:21:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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