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Red Sox fan electrocuted after trying to train surf from Yankee Stadium
Fox ^
| 9/21/2018
Posted on 09/21/2018 5:02:33 AM PDT by Gamecock
A Red Sox fan on his way home from Yankee Stadium died Wednesday when he tried to climb on top of a Metro-North train and was electrocuted by overhead wires, creating a chaotic situation where riders were trapped for more than two hours, MTA officials and riders said.
The Metro-North train from Yankee Stadium to New Haven, Conn., left the ball field just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday. As the train was running from Larchmont to Mamaroneck about half an hour later, a pair of brothers tried to climb from inside a car onto the roof.
Train personnel got one brother down safely, but 24-year-old Michael Vigeant of Hudson, NH, touched a catenary wire and was electrocuted, said MTA officials.
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TOPICS: Local News; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: amps; electrifyinggame; watts
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:02:33 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:04:08 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: Gamecock
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Looks like Boston submitted their entry for the 2018 Darwin Awards.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:05:00 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
To: Gamecock
“Wow! They clinched! I can die now. “
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:07:13 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Gamecock
Pre-progeny I dearly hope.
Darwin Award, etc.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:07:36 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: Gamecock
By the behavior of the drunken snowflakes on the train after the event, a few of them should have been hauled up top to experience the same fate. Jeez!
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:07:57 AM PDT
by
QBFimi
(It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:11:37 AM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
To: Gamecock
But the good news is that my beloved Red Sox clinched the American League East title!
8
posted on
09/21/2018 5:12:00 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
To: Gamecock
Hes a Red Sox fan, so no great loss.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:17:00 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
To: Gamecock
“MTA officials claimed that the train was only stopped for 30 to 40 minutes, but riders say it was more than two hours.”
Really? Someone died and they’re arguing over how long the delay was? Yankees can be so insensitive.......northerners, not the team.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:17:07 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: Gamecock
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:18:29 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: Gamecock
A true “hold my beer” moment.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:18:53 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: Gamecock
Darwin Award Champion, for sure.
To: Gamecock
Maybe I missed it but the article mentions that many of the stranded passengers had been drinking but not the brothers. Their mental acuity at the time is apparently explained by the fact that they are/were Red Sox fans.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:20:21 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Gamecock
The irony is that what he did, served as the origin of the name “Dodgers”.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:23:37 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Gamecock
Truly a dim bulb.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:32:53 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
To: dfwgator
The irony is that what he did, served as the origin of the name “Dodgers”. Not quite. The Brooklyn Dodgers were men who had to jump out of the way of the trolley cars. They 'dodged' them to avoid getting hit.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:33:21 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Gay State Conservative
But the good news is that my beloved Red Sox clinched the American League East title!Enjoy it while it lasts. They have to get through my beloved Astros to get any farther.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:33:52 AM PDT
by
60Gunner
(The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
To: 60Gunner
They won’t face the Astros until the ALCS. The Red Sox will have to play either Oakland or NY again first. The Astros will have to play Cleveland unless they falter and end up as the wild card. Then you might be right.
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:38:12 AM PDT
by
38special
(For real, y'all.)
To: lowbridge
😡
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posted on
09/21/2018 5:38:13 AM PDT
by
Garvin
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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