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Platform at aquarium falls, dumps
people into shark tank
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Posted on 08/08/2002 4:24:47 AM PDT by Dallas
Edited on 07/14/2004 12:59:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A platform at the Aquarium of the Americas collapsed Wednesday evening, dumping 10 people straight into a tank teeming with sharks.
There were no serious injuries reported, but two people were taken to Tulane University Hospital for minor cuts and bruises they sustained after hitting artificial barnacles as they fell, aquarium spokeswoman Melissa Lee said.
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posted on
08/08/2002 4:24:47 AM PDT
by
Dallas
To: Dallas
I hate it when that happens.
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posted on
08/08/2002 4:26:57 AM PDT
by
LibKill
To: JMJ333
You aren't planning another visit here soon, are you? I understand this new swimming with the sharks attraction is expected to be quite popular.
To: Dallas
Of course, one can only fantasize about a group of lawyers falling into the tank with sharks. Ah, the sharks wouldn't attck ---- professional courtesy.
To: Dallas
You think this was a potential bloodbath... just wait until the sharks, I mean lawyers, get ahold of the people.
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posted on
08/08/2002 4:31:15 AM PDT
by
piasa
To: Dallas
The Aquarium of the Americas is a GREAT attraction. The tank these folks fell into is really just unbelievable, for an aquarist like me a day here is a day in heaven.
Last time I went I noticed some stingrays with big, crescent-shaped bite marks on them. I asked about it, and was told, "Those are from the last time there was a feeding frenzy in the tank. Luckily no divers were in there when it happened, but that hasn't always been the case."
>wide eyes<
To: COB1; beowolf; Scuttlebutt; razorback-bert; LadyX; Fred Mertz
OK, everyone back on the diets.
No fishing in the shark tank.
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posted on
08/08/2002 4:33:08 AM PDT
by
ofMagog
To: Dallas
How far is this place from GITMO?
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posted on
08/08/2002 4:38:47 AM PDT
by
Alouette
To: You Gotta Be Kidding Me
LOL
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posted on
08/08/2002 4:38:50 AM PDT
by
Dallas
To: Alouette
LOL....not a chance, there are some things even a shark won't eat.
10
posted on
08/08/2002 4:43:23 AM PDT
by
Dallas
To: Dallas; Prodigal Daughter; Thinkin' Gal; Jeremiah Jr; babylonian; Fred Mertz; American in Israel; ..
>A platform at the Aquarium of the Americas collapsed Wednesday evening, dumping 10 people straight into a tank teeming with sharks.As signs go, this is a very bad sign! See 89
Ps 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
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posted on
08/08/2002 4:43:44 AM PDT
by
2sheep
To: You Gotta Be Kidding Me
Heh, had similar thoughts about congress critters.
To: 2sheep
Mt 12:39, 16:4
Mk 8:12
Lk 17:20
To: Dallas
To: Dallas
To: Dallas
"And in Sports, yesterday in New Orleans an amazing 10 people simultaneously broke the 100-meter dash swim record ..."
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posted on
08/08/2002 5:09:34 AM PDT
by
Jhensy
To: All
Can't you feel 'em circlin' (closin'in) honey?
Can't you feel 'em swimmin' around?
You got fins to the left, fins to the right,
and your the only bait in town.
To: Dallas
The platform they were standing on is used by keepers to feed the sharks and is not usually open to the general public, Lee said.And was not designed to hold up a crowd of people. The aquarium knew this but wanted the extra dollars generated from the private after hours tours. I hope they sue their a$$es off.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Ac 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
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posted on
08/08/2002 5:16:43 AM PDT
by
2sheep
To: Between the Lines
I think this is the third story I've read where people were injured during an "after hours" or "private" tour. Buy a ticket like the rest of us and stay behind the ropes.
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