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Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies
AP ^ | 6-7-2008 | AP

Posted on 06/07/2008 11:02:20 PM PDT by Westlander

DUANESBURG, N.Y. - A 29-year-old man leaped out of a plane at 10,000 feet with a camera but no parachute Saturday. His body was found next to a house with a damaged roof, police said.

Sloan Carafello of Schenectady, who was observing on the flight, followed an instructor, student and videographer out the door, wearing no skydiving gear, officials said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: camera; parachute; plane
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Darwin candidate.
1 posted on 06/07/2008 11:02:20 PM PDT by Westlander
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To: Westlander
Travis Pastrana Skydives without a Parachute [youtube]

insane

2 posted on 06/07/2008 11:06:09 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: Westlander

Luke: Pull the ripcord, Luke..

Right! Er...Ripcord?

Splat...


3 posted on 06/07/2008 11:06:29 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (")
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To: Westlander

“Darwin candidate.”

Seems to meet most of the criteria!


4 posted on 06/07/2008 11:07:52 PM PDT by ArchAngel1983 (Arch Angel- on guard)
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To: stainlessbanner

idiot.


5 posted on 06/07/2008 11:08:13 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (")
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To: Westlander

OMG—it is a no brainer—sort of like the victim....easy top ten Darwin candidate..dude I like got caught up in the moment and like there was this open door and the wind in my face and like like....DUDE!!!!!!!


6 posted on 06/07/2008 11:13:42 PM PDT by hatfieldmccoy (Satan has a new name and it is Islam)
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To: Westlander

A $100,000 win bet on Big Brown was found in the man’s pocket. (not serious)


7 posted on 06/07/2008 11:22:46 PM PDT by ETL
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To: Westlander

Awwwwwwwwww shiiiiiiiiiiiii-——


8 posted on 06/07/2008 11:27:47 PM PDT by Old Seadog (Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
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To: ETL

Wow. That’s sorta like nominating a neophyte racist to be the standard-bearer of your political Party. . .


9 posted on 06/07/2008 11:28:05 PM PDT by ziravan (Have you thanked Milton Friedman today?)
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To: ArchAngel1983

“Hold muh beer and watch this”.


10 posted on 06/07/2008 11:31:14 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander

Remember Weedhoppa, a journey of 10,000 feet begins with the first step.


11 posted on 06/08/2008 12:23:49 AM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Westlander

“Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies”

Umm...is this a surprise to the “journalist”?


12 posted on 06/08/2008 12:37:42 AM PDT by Levante
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“Found next to a house with a damaged roof.”

Do you think there could be a connection?

But seriously, can’t you hear his mother saying, “If all the other kids jumped out of an airplane, would you do it?”


13 posted on 06/08/2008 12:44:32 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Bible toting, bitter and armed with slashing sarcasm.)
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To: Westlander

There’s been a precedent.

http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1994-12.html


14 posted on 06/08/2008 1:32:49 AM PDT by Sapper26 (Quondo Omni Flunkus Moritati)
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To: Sapper26
I saw that film replayed on TV back then.

As one who spends too much time asking myself, "What was I looking for when I arrived in this room?", it is easy to understand.

15 posted on 06/08/2008 2:13:10 AM PDT by Does so (...against all enemies, DOMESTIC and foreign...)
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To: Westlander

Its time we passed laws regulating the effects of gravity.


16 posted on 06/08/2008 3:46:13 AM PDT by DainBramage
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but he was such a nice young man. he always made such a good impression when ever he dropped by.


17 posted on 06/08/2008 3:49:12 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (")
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Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies

Hold muh beer.

18 posted on 06/08/2008 4:03:55 AM PDT by beckysueb (Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American history.))
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Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies

Today's headline was brought to you by the letter O.

O

Obvious

O

:)

19 posted on 06/08/2008 5:09:53 AM PDT by sig226 (Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
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To: ETL

Pants pocket?


20 posted on 06/08/2008 5:12:07 AM PDT by weegee (In 1988 Lenora Fulani was the 1st black woman to appear on presidential ballots in all 50 states)
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