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Stuntman dies while zip-lining across river in India
FOX News ^
| April 29, 2013
Posted on 04/29/2013 12:30:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An Indian stuntman attempting to break a world record by crossing a river on a zip-line -- while hanging by his ponytail -- died while performing the feat Sunday.
Police officer Sailendra Nath Roy, 49, apparently had a heart attack as a result of zip-lining on a wire suspended nearly 600 feet in the air across the River Teesta in West Bengal, India, according to a Sky News report.
Roy holds the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip-line while hanging by his hair.
Roy’s shoulder-length hair was attached to a pulley on a wire, and he had completed about half the distance when he suddenly stopped. As a crowd looked on in horror, Roy became entangled and could no longer propel himself forward.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:30:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Well at least he died doing what he loved.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:30:49 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:32:13 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
To: dfwgator
And he now holds the world’s record for having heart attacks while zip lining across a river.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:32:39 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: dfwgator
And he now holds the world’s record for having heart attacks while zip lining across a river.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:32:39 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
Hold my (India) Beer and watch this!
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:33:52 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: BenLurkin
he had completed about half the distance when he suddenly stopped.
Darn, missed it by that much......
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:34:39 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This space for rent)
To: BenLurkin
Guess he should have done it over the Ganges, instead.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:36:09 PM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
To: Hot Tabasco
I nominate him for a Darwin award.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:36:41 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
To: BenLurkin
An Indian stuntman...Dots, not feathers.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:37:50 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: BenLurkin
Really sucks that you succeed but don’t live to tell the tale.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:38:35 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: BenLurkin
A hair-brained idea in the first place.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:41:59 PM PDT
by
GilesB
To: liberalh8ter
Guess he should have done it over the Ganges, instead.
And the FR Indian Inside Joke Award Winner for April is...
To: BenLurkin
This always happens when you buy a zipline kit from ACME.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:44:24 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
To: EQAndyBuzz
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:46:05 PM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:49:02 PM PDT
by
Rio
(Tempis Fugit.)
To: BenLurkin
From the article: “He also used his hair to drag a train on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.”
That’s how we’ll have to “drive” our cars in the future.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:52:29 PM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: BenLurkin
Roy fell 600 feet to his death while his hair remained in the device to which it was tied. It would have been quite a show for scalpers!
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:59:32 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:59:36 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: GilesB
What a hair raising experience!
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