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Dead Man Floats Up After Botched Burial At Sea
NBC Miami ^
| Tue, Sep 14, 2010
| Todd Wright
Posted on 09/14/2010 1:21:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The body that floated up near Port Everglades over the weekend belonged to a man whose family attempted to bury him at sea, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. Before losing his battle with Lou Gehrig's disease on Sept. 8, 48-year-old Daniel Lasky's dying wish was to be drift out to sea, to be buried in the ocean he loved so much.
So his family wrapped up his body and traveled to South Florida from North Carolina to fulfill their relative's request.
They thought they did when several family members, including his wife, lowered Lasky's body overboard after a ceremony off of Fort Lauderdale Beach on Sept. 10. But Lasky's body wasn't quite ready to swim with the fishes, and it re-surfaced the next day and was spotted by a startled fisherman who called the authorities. It's unclear what will happen to the body now or if the family will be allowed to give the watery funeral a second try.
We might suggest dry land.
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Could these facts support a commercial motion picture?Dead Man Floating?
To: dblshot; Magnum44
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:46:35 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Why is mom wearing a burka?
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:52:50 PM PDT
by
dblshot
(Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:53:29 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: nickcarraway
Despite the humorous tone this thread has taken, it has gotten me to thinking burial at sea might be a legit alternative.
It has to be cheaper than a burial on land.
It would seem to be more dignified than cremation.
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posted on
09/14/2010 1:55:00 PM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(The next step for the Tea Party--The Conservative Hand--is available at Amazon.com)
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
Next time hire Da Boys if you want him to sleep wit da fishes.
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posted on
09/14/2010 2:09:09 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: nickcarraway
To: Brookhaven
If you want to try a burial at sea without professional help, at least watch “The Sopranos” so you know how to do it right.
Just sayin’.
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posted on
09/14/2010 2:12:39 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: silverleaf
55 gallon drum full of cement usually works for me and I never had any complaints or floaters...
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posted on
09/14/2010 2:15:46 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(I got your tag line..)
To: nickcarraway
“... and the sea shall give up its dead ...” Hmmm.
To: Revolting cat!
To: nickcarraway
Guess they didn't know about the hardware and logging chain.
To: silverleaf; Deb
“Hey, Mom! Dad’s home.”
“Well, tell him to wash up before dinner...”
“He already washed up. Now he’s just sitting in front of the TV with a vacant expression on his face.”
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posted on
09/14/2010 2:30:53 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Islamists demanding "tolerance"? That's like Hannibal Lecter demanding to decide the menu.)
To: DManA
Well, he said he wasn’t, but Dad was always a liar.
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posted on
09/14/2010 3:47:33 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Tag lines, they are not what they used to be...)
To: nickcarraway
Why didn’t they have him cremated and then let him float out to sea?!!
To: nickcarraway
He must have been a good man....
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posted on
09/14/2010 3:53:48 PM PDT
by
kanawa
(Obama - "The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.")
To: Cailleach
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posted on
09/14/2010 3:54:37 PM PDT
by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/14/2010 4:12:07 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Life Imitates Bacon, but Bacon does not imitate Life. Bacon IS life." ~paulycy)
To: nickcarraway; Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
09/14/2010 4:45:32 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: EternalVigilance
“He’s dead in this town.”
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posted on
09/15/2010 9:47:30 AM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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