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Three die retrieving phone from latrine (hold muy phone alert!)
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| 3-14-03
Posted on 03/14/2003 1:56:01 PM PST by Jimmyclyde
Three die retrieving phone from latrine
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three Kenyans have died trying to retrieve a mobile phone that slipped down an open-pit latrine while its owner answered a call of nature, a newspaper has reported. Anxious to recover her phone, the owner in the coastal town of Mombasa offered 1,000 shillings (eight pounds) to anyone who would recover it, the Daily Nation said.
Well over half the Kenyan population of 30 million people lives on less than $1 (63 pence) a day.
The first to try -- a 30-year-old radio technician -- failed to resurface after disappearing down a ladder into the latrine.
His friend went after him but slipped and fell. The third casualty, trying to rescue the others, was hauled out of the pit by neighbours after he inhaled the fumes and lost consciousness.
The man was rushed to hospital but died on the way.
"The fumes inside must be extremely poisonous considering the short time it was taking to disable the retrievers," acting Mombasa police chief Peter Njenga was reported as saying.
The Daily Nation said police prevented a fourth man from climbing into the latrine and the search for the phone was eventually abandoned.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
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A real bad way to die.
To: Jimmyclyde
"Can you smell me now?"
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posted on
03/14/2003 1:57:39 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Sua Sponte)
To: Jimmyclyde
Boy, I'd sure want to hold my cellphone to my face again if it fell into a public latrine.
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posted on
03/14/2003 1:58:51 PM PST
by
wideawake
(You'd better look out for me - I'm a member of the F.V.K.)
To: Jimmyclyde
How do we spell M-E-T-H-A-N-E?
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posted on
03/14/2003 1:59:14 PM PST
by
angkor
To: TADSLOS
LOL!
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posted on
03/14/2003 1:59:36 PM PST
by
Defiant
(Human Shield Posted in San Diego)
To: Jimmyclyde
Sewer gators.
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posted on
03/14/2003 1:59:56 PM PST
by
boomop1
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To: Jimmyclyde
How many Darwin award winners does it take to retrieve a phone...?
To: Jimmyclyde
My 18-month-old daughter threw our cordless phone in the toilet just yesterday. We didn't go in after it.
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posted on
03/14/2003 2:03:01 PM PST
by
dead
To: truthkeeper
What is silent (until you get an incoming call) and deadly? ;)
To: Jimmyclyde
Good thing that they where non-smokers or they would have really " reached out and touched someone."
To: Jimmyclyde
Over population? Nah! No way!
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posted on
03/14/2003 2:05:01 PM PST
by
Waco
To: mhking
A smelly ping to you!!
To: Jimmyclyde
Anxious to recover her phone... Why
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posted on
03/14/2003 2:06:49 PM PST
by
Tulsa Brian
(Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!)
To: Jimmyclyde
The kybo monster got them.
To: Jimmyclyde
Jumpin' Jack Flash, It's a...
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posted on
03/14/2003 2:09:34 PM PST
by
FreedomFarmer
(Extreme Cow Racing Champion.)
To: Jimmyclyde
When Turds Attack
To: angkor
My bet would be Hydrogen Sulfide which is more poisonous than methane.
To: Jimmyclyde
This strikes home for me. Two guys I went to grade school with (we only had 24 in the entire class) died this way. One of them was overcome from the gases from a cow manure treating system on their farm, fell in, and the second died trying to rescue the first.
To: TADSLOS
"Can you smell me now?" LOL
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posted on
03/14/2003 2:24:36 PM PST
by
amused
(Republicans for Sharpton!)
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