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Man falls into volcanic crack
Herald Sun ^
| 08/29/03
| Staff Writer
Posted on 08/29/2003 7:53:22 AM PDT by bedolido
THE charred body of a 22-year-old man who died while trying to get a photo of an erupting volcano on France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion was recovered today after a difficult high-altitude operation, police said.
Alexandre Thiault, a student from the island's capital of Saint-Denis, was killed late yesterday after the cooled lava he was standing on crumbled away and he fell into a crack on the side of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano. Firemen who extracted his body today said the Frenchman probably died of asphyxiation from the poisonous gases inside. His body was burnt beyond recognition within minutes by the 260-degree-Celsius temperature in the fissure.
Authorities closed access to the volcano following the accident.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crack; falls; frenchfry; frenchtoast; greypoupon; man; reunion; volcanic; volcano
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posted on
08/29/2003 7:53:22 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
French toast.
2
posted on
08/29/2003 7:54:45 AM PDT
by
Huck
To: bedolido
Crack is whack.
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posted on
08/29/2003 7:55:13 AM PDT
by
dead
(Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
To: bedolido
Just say no to crack.
To: bedolido
tHE dARWIN aWARD
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posted on
08/29/2003 7:55:44 AM PDT
by
freebilly
To: mhking
Once again I think you know why you're being pinged.
To: bedolido
Hey ya'll watch this!
To: mtbrandon49
You would think they wouldn't have to close off the Volcano wouldn't you? Anyone who goes to take a peek down an erupting volcano is a couple of tacos short of a platter. When I was in Hawaii we flew over that erupting one and people were all hiking around on the lava,,sometimes you wonder. Like those who run out to the beach to wait for the tidal wave.
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posted on
08/29/2003 7:58:57 AM PDT
by
cajungirl
(no)
To: bedolido
Ouch. 260C is 500F. He got broiled.
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posted on
08/29/2003 7:59:59 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(!)
To: finnman69
That might just sting a bit, ya think.
To: bedolido
Man falls into volcanic crack Hillary's arse claims another vicitm.
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posted on
08/29/2003 8:02:43 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Press Alt-Ctrl-Del to reset this tagline)
To: cajungirl
To: finnman69
Ouch. 260C is 500F. He got broiled. That certainly is hot enough to melt cheese.
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posted on
08/29/2003 8:02:54 AM PDT
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
(Thank you, McClintock supporters, for all your nasty and insulting emails.)
To: bedolido
burnt beyond recognition...
Ash alert
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posted on
08/29/2003 8:04:43 AM PDT
by
MaryFromMichigan
( If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?)
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
That certainly is hot enough to melt cheese. I bet you could roast a moose with it.
To: bedolido
Another frenchman dies from the heat.
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posted on
08/29/2003 8:06:27 AM PDT
by
Consort
To: bedolido
...so did he get the picture? I hope the camera wasnt damaged.
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posted on
08/29/2003 8:07:58 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MKC Frank Welch (USCG-ret))
To: Huck
Yet another frenchman makes an ash of himself.
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posted on
08/29/2003 8:12:19 AM PDT
by
MaryFromMichigan
( If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?)
To: bedolido
Man falls into volcanic crack
To: Huck
French fried.
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