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Watercraft Operator Dies in High-Speed Collision With a Flying Duck
The Associated Press via Tampa Bay Online | Published: Nov 20, 2001

Posted on 11/20/2001 8:05:33 AM PST by jerod

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Quack!
1 posted on 11/20/2001 8:05:33 AM PST by jerod
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To: jerod
Maybe he should have ducked.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

2 posted on 11/20/2001 8:07:06 AM PST by dinodino
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To: jerod
A fowl way to go.
3 posted on 11/20/2001 8:07:14 AM PST by freesia2
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To: jerod
Next time:

"DUCK!"

4 posted on 11/20/2001 8:07:50 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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Other discussions:

Duck Attack
Miscellaneous News Keywords: QUACK ATTACK
Source: Newsday(AP)
Published: 11/20/01 Author: AP Staff
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By Associated Press November 20, 2001, 9:42 AM EST DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- A man dashing across a lake on a customized personal watercraft at about 55 mph was killed in an apparent collision with a flying duck. Leon Resnick, an employee of Riva Yamaha, was testing the water jet-propelled craft Thursday on a lake about 20 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, investigators said Monday. A co-worker who was watching turned to pick up a radar gun to check Resnick's speed, and when he turned back Resnick was no longer aboard the craft. Resnick, 31, of Hollywood, died of a ...

10215393 posted on 11/20/01 7:53 AM pacific by Buzznutt

Man Dies When Duck Knocks Him Off Watercraft
Culture/Society News Keywords: DUCK!!
Source: Reuters
Published: 11-20-2001
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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida man died after a duck hit him in the head, knocking him off a personal watercraft and into a lake, sheriff's officials said on Monday. Leon Resnick, 31, was driving the watercraft at a lake in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Deerfield Beach on Thursday, while a friend watched from shore, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. The friend turned to get a radar gun to check the vessel's speed, then noticed Resnick was missing from the craft. He found him several minutes later in the water, pulled him ...

10213037 posted on 11/20/01 5:42 AM pacific by Cagey


5 posted on 11/20/2001 8:09:42 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: jerod
Guess you could say the test of the new watercraft wasn't all it was quacked up to be.
6 posted on 11/20/2001 8:10:11 AM PST by cuz_it_aint_their_money
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wonder whos gonna pay that BILL for cleaning the water craft after that QUACKUP ?
7 posted on 11/20/2001 8:10:36 AM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
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Sorta like what happened to thus guy.

8 posted on 11/20/2001 8:12:12 AM PST by Roger the Shrubber
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I see what they mean by being a dead duck.
9 posted on 11/20/2001 8:12:24 AM PST by appeal2
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To: jerod
Aflac! Aflac! Splat!
10 posted on 11/20/2001 8:15:29 AM PST by csvset
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I guess now people will need to pass the "bird strike test" before being granted a license to operate high-speed watercraft.
11 posted on 11/20/2001 8:24:54 AM PST by r9etb
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To: jerod
You guys quack me up.
12 posted on 11/20/2001 8:25:01 AM PST by isthisnickcool
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NY Times Headline:

Watercraft Operator Dies in High-Speed Collision with Duck -- Women and Minorities to Suffer Most.

13 posted on 11/20/2001 8:32:49 AM PST by hang 'em
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"Our theory is that the bird was airborne and clocked him in the head," said David Bamdas, an owner of the dealership.

I suppose all the Bushies out there are going to ignore this obvious NTSB COVERUP of the truth. There's nothing in this article about how the duck's body was found closer to the scene of the accident than several feathers. Why would the duck hit the water first? And there's no sign of any of the man's hair on the duck's body. Everyone knows that when you plow into a duck at 55 mph some of your hairs are going to get stuck in its feathers. And weren't there several witnesses who saw an explosion on the right side of the duck before the alleged impact? Naturally, the FBI has the only videotape of the scene and they aren't releasing it. You all know why. Maybe they were afraid that we'd see Janet Reno and John Ashcroft having a secret meeting with Henry Kissinger and Jimmy Carter in a boat nearby, hmmmm?

Just one more "accident" that we will never know the full story on.

Shalom.

14 posted on 11/20/2001 8:38:03 AM PST by ArGee
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bump
15 posted on 11/20/2001 8:40:01 AM PST by ArGee
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To: jerod
Think of Fabio.

Go to Google and type the words "Fabio Nose".

Or just try Here.

--Boris

16 posted on 11/20/2001 8:41:56 AM PST by boris
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To: boris
No what we have here is a DUI a Duck Under Influnce
17 posted on 11/20/2001 8:46:11 AM PST by MetalHeadConservative35
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To: jerod
Parody switch on
Water craft Operator Leon Resnick was a know Clinton supporter and fundraiser. He has been linked to numerous overwater fund raising efforts with the Columbia Friends for Clinton group during the late 80s.
Parody switch off
18 posted on 11/20/2001 8:46:30 AM PST by TADSLOS
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Where's Rivero when you really need him?
19 posted on 11/20/2001 9:02:50 AM PST by Ben Hecks
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To: ArGee
Oh, geeze, you and your conspiracy theories. This was obviously a catastrophic duck failure...the scattered feathers are absolute evidence of a ruptured duck that went out of control.
20 posted on 11/20/2001 9:24:08 AM PST by Tennessee_Bob
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