LA woman fleeing burning apartment dies on iron fence (not for the sqeamish)

Associated Press ^ | 08/14/03 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman who died when she fell or jumped from a burning fourth-floor apartment and was impaled on a wrought iron fence lived in a home where the smoke alarm had been disconnected, authorities said Wednesday. The woman, who has not been identified pending notification of family, was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday night, said Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey.

[Pikamax]

ugh.. that is just as bad as the guy in atlanta who impaled his head on an iron fence.. poor woman..

[plain talk]

yeah, I hate when that happens. Ruins the whole day.

[Lunatic Fringe]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman who died when she fell or jumped from a burning fourth-floor apartment and was impaled on a wrought iron fence lived in a home where the smoke alarm had been disconnected

Sounds like a Darwin candidate!

[Charles Henrickson]

Fire Capt. Bill Wick

Of course.

[Calvin Locke]

Life is so unfair.

I remember a young female that tried to commit suicide in much the same manner. Rescue workers cut the fence to get her to the hospital.

She survived, minus a number of organs. Can't recall how many hours on the table.

[finnman69]

How long till the manufacturer of the fence gets sued?

[reagan_fanatic]

What did Bush know and when did he know it?

[Tamzee]

A disconnected fire-alarm and "...caused by "a carelessly discarded heat source"?

Stupid behavior leading to a terribly sad outcome...

[Grit]

[Hank Rearden]

I remember a young female that tried to commit suicide in much the same manner.

A young female what? Goat? Bunny? Armadillo? Whale?

I hate it when people avoid using descriptive words such as "woman", "girl", "man" etc.

[Ditter]

I met a woman a few years ago & I noticed that she walked with a limp & had had an injury to her calf. She had lost her keys & was trying to break in to her own house. While standing on a wrought iron fence she slipped & was impailed thru her calf. She could not free herself & was stuck upright like that for quite a while (an hour or longer) until someone heard her cries for help.

[Hatteras]

I wonder if Captain Wick knows Lawrence Seaman, the boat operator from the posted article earlier about the Times reporter getting arrested in the waters off Kennedy Airport?

[Charles Henrickson]

I wonder if Captain Wick knows Lawrence Seaman, the boat operator. . . .

As the Romans used to say: Nomen est omen.

[Petronski]

I want pictures.

[johniegrad]

A young female what? Goat? Bunny? Armadillo? Whale?

I hate it when people avoid using descriptive words such as "woman", "girl", "man" etc.

Havin' a bad day, Hank?

[Hatteras]

If the pics are any thing like the guy who had his head impaled on the fence, you don't.

[dfwgator]

When asked to comment, former President Clinton replied "I did not impale."

[Hank Rearden]

Nope, just trying to rope 'n wrangle the grammar back into submission.