Teen critically hurt in 5-story stunt leap (Jumps off roof to pool & misses - w/video)

Sarasota Herald-Tribune ^ | 5.8.03 | MIKE SAEWITZ

[mhking]

WTSP-TV/DT Tampa Bay news report - WMV stream(3:23)

The kid is an idiot, and his mom isn't much better - she blames MTV for her kid's idiocy...

[mhking]

It's difficult to feel sorry for this kid.

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

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DOH!

[John Beresford Tipton]

"All his pranks come from the 'Jackass' movie. …


No lady, "All his pranks come from his being a 'Jackass.'"

[Wolfie]

" We did it the first time," he said, according to Bonnvie. "Everything was fine. I can't believe this is happening."

So doofus actually did it twice?

[Living Free in NH]

Come one. Let's give him a little credit - the pool had water in it...

[battlegearboat]

It happens every generation.

It's called thining the herd.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

We have all heard the anecdotal tales of the six year old, wearing his Superman pajamas who jumps off the top of the garage while trying to imitate his favorite superhero. This kid is too old to get away with the, "I didn't know it was dangerous" defense.

As Gump would say, "Stupid is as stupid does."

[mhking]

Come one. Let's give him a little credit - the pool had water in it...

Yeah, but the sound of impact is pretty nasty...

[mhking]

So doofus actually did it twice?

Yep - not only him, but his buddies too....

[Prysson]

Its called culling.

[Living Free in NH]

Yeah, but the sound of impact is pretty nasty...

And now some poor bastard has to clean the pool...and the deck...and the underwear of all who were involved.

[ctlpdad]

where i grew up, we had an abandoned summer camp with a lake at the end of my street. we had a pully set up in a tree next to the boathouse, and we would pull our bikes up onto the roof of the boathouse , ride across the roof, hit the jump we made (from stolen lumber from the houses they were building down the road) and jump the bikes in the lake. sometimes 3 or 4 of us at a time.

we had lots of other more insane stuff we did, like combinations of tonka trucks, rocket motors (the estes d-12 if i recall) and glass jars of gasoline.

We didn't have a movie to blame it on, and my parents would smack ME if i got hurt.

[Kenton]

Fear not, dear readers, this is just part of God's Master Plan to keep idiots from breeding.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Cool video... I like watching idiots hurt themselves... call it a character flaw...

[Randjuke]

The TV station edited out the "graphic" impact - maybe it would have been better to leave it in to counter the images that Jackass presents. As far as the kid's mom goes, she's pretty clueless.

[Pyrion]

He needs to kick the plan into high gear; too many people are still voting democrat.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"HIS LEG IS OUT OF HIS LEG, MAN!"

[mhking]

The TV station edited out the "graphic" impact

Fox News Channel ran the video this morning, and didn't edit out the impact...

[newzhawk]

how old were you then?( in reference to your chilhood pranks)
when I think that the average age of the soldiers in Iraq is 19- and this "jackass" is 18 it is hard to think he is nothing more than an idiot that was waiting to be stopped- thank goodness he didn't hurt anyone else in the process