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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!
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:05:33 AM PST
by
jerod
To: jerod
Maybe he should have ducked.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:07:06 AM PST
by
dinodino
To: jerod
A fowl way to go.
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:07:14 AM PST
by
freesia2
To: jerod
To: jerod
Other discussions:
- Duck Attack
- Miscellaneous News Keywords: QUACK ATTACK
Source: Newsday(AP)
Published: 11/20/01 Author: AP Staff
7 comments.
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
65 comments.
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
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:09:42 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
To: jerod
Guess you could say the test of the new watercraft wasn't all it was quacked up to be.
To: jerod
wonder whos gonna pay that BILL for cleaning the water craft after that QUACKUP ?
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Sorta like what happened to thus guy.
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I see what they mean by being a dead duck.
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:12:24 AM PST
by
appeal2
To: jerod
Aflac! Aflac! Splat!
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:15:29 AM PST
by
csvset
To: jerod
I guess now people will need to pass the "bird strike test" before being granted a license to operate high-speed watercraft.
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:24:54 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: jerod
You guys quack me up.
To: jerod
NY Times Headline:
Watercraft Operator Dies in High-Speed Collision with Duck -- Women and Minorities to Suffer Most.
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:32:49 AM PST
by
hang 'em
To: jerod
"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.
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:38:03 AM PST
by
ArGee
To: *tinfoilhat
bump
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:40:01 AM PST
by
ArGee
To: jerod
Think of Fabio.
Go to Google and type the words "Fabio Nose".
Or just try Here.
--Boris
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:41:56 AM PST
by
boris
To: boris
No what we have here is a DUI a Duck Under Influnce
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
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posted on
11/20/2001 8:46:30 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
To: ArGee
Where's Rivero when you really need him?
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.
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