Killer Clowns from Outerspace flashback ping.
Posted on 06/04/2006 2:25:48 PM PDT by buccaneer81
College Students Found Dead Inside Balloon
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LUTZ, Fla. (AP) - Two college students were found dead inside a large, deflated helium balloon after apparently pulling it down and crawling inside it, officials said.
The deaths of Jason Ackerman and Sara Rydman, both 21, appear to be accidental, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Maj. Bob Schrader said.
Their bodies were found Saturday partially inside a deflated helium balloon at the entrance of a condominium complex a few miles north of Tampa. The 8-foot-diameter balloon was used to advertise the complex.
"It was more a fun thing they thought they were doing," said Linda Rydman, whose daughter was found dead. "You know how you blow up the balloon and suck the helium."
The county medical examiner said Sunday that the cause of death won't be released for six weeks, until toxicology results come back.
Inhaling helium can quickly lead to brain damage and death from lack of oxygen, according to the Compressed Gas Association, which develops safety standards in the gas industry.
And we'll have fun, fun, fun 'till our........
up up and away, in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon!
"HELP!!! HELP!!!! HELP!!!" < /high pitched cartoon voice>
I sincerely hope 99 Red Balloons by Nena is not played around any members of their family for a long time,
It's hard to know where to go with this kind of story. Bizarre, odd, "deviating from the customary: cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. ...Conceived or done with no reference to reality or common sense: antic, fantastic, fantastical, far-fetched, grotesque."
Good grief. Poor parents.
As I said once before it isn't often that Father Darwin can remove a breeder pair at one time.
Her MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/eskimoxokisses
Either that or YES!! YES!! YES!! /high pitched Meg Ryan voice>
Geeze Mom, do you suppose your daughter died laughing? Maybe sounding like Tweety the bird? From that statement by "Mom", we know where the girl got her IQ.
:sigh:
Their poor families.
All gases are equal!
Down with the Calvinist oxygen respiration complex!
(Yes, I do feel terrible for their families!)
Better article here:
http://sptimes.com/2006/06/04/Tampabay/2_found_dead_inside_d.shtml
ROFL
I feel ashamed.
I can't believe the language in some of those condolences. It looks like the site of a silly 13 year old.
That's odd. That article attributes their deaths to helium, but the sheriff's spokeswoman says that it's one of those balloons that uses the fan at the bottom to blow it up. She also stated that the balloon has an opening at the bottom, big enough for them to squeeze their way in. A helium balloon would have been sealed, yes?
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