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Man dies in 11-storey fall, Tragic ending to birthday party (Spitting contest!)
Ottawa Sun ^
| 2/24/04
| Andrew Seymour
Posted on 02/24/2004 11:57:04 AM PST by Clintons Are White Trash
TOPICS: Canada; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: holdmuhbeer; turass
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A CARLETON University engineering student participating in a spitting contest with friends plunged 11 floors off a downtown high-rise to his death late Saturday night. Ameer "AJ" Jinah was celebrating his 20th birthday in his 11th-floor apartment at 199 Kent St. with about a dozen friends when the accident happened at about 11 p.m.
Police said it appears Jinah took a running start to try to spit further than his two friends when he unintentionally vaulted himself over the balcony railing.
"It was purely accidental," said Ottawa police Sgt. Joe Simpson. "Momentum carried him beyond."
Police said alcohol was being consumed at the party.
Apartment building security guard Jason Armstrong, who was working Saturday night, said he heard a thud and immediately knew something was wrong.
PEOPLE SCREAMING
"Two ladies came in and started screaming for me to call 911," said Armstrong, adding a group of about eight of Jinah's emotional friends rushed to his side.
Armstrong, who had known Jinah for about eight months, said he was surprised to learn the circumstances surrounding his death.
"He was one of the smartest, most polite guys I ever met in my life," he said. "I think he was one of the classiest guys. He had a maturity beyond his age."
Armstrong said Jinah always made a point to stop and chat on his way into the building and seemed to make friends easily.
"I'm going to miss him around here," said Armstrong.
His roommate, Eric Hwang, was too distraught to comment on what happened.
Family members said Jinah was in his second year at Carleton.
Last year, Jinah acted as the first-year representative for the Carleton Student Engineering Society.
He had returned to Ottawa from Belleville, where he was visiting his family, only hours before his death, his grandfather said yesterday.
"When he got to Ottawa he called and said, 'Papa, I'm here and I'm all right,' " he said.
Family members, including Jinah's father Alnoor, travelled to Ottawa yesterday
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Police said alcohol was being consumed at the party. Ya think???!!
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posted on
02/24/2004 11:58:53 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
(Dick Gephardt is a <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure </a>)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
OK
Darwin Award material??
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posted on
02/24/2004 11:59:08 AM PST
by
nuconvert
(Caution: I'm an acquaintance of someone labelled :"an obstinate supporter of dangerous fantasies)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Police said alcohol was being consumed at the party. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Really?
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posted on
02/24/2004 11:59:21 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Only Hillary Will Lick Bush in '04!)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
"He had a maturity beyond his age." I don't think so.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:00:14 PM PST
by
Krodg
("My faith frees me"...G.W. Bush........'A Charge To Keep')
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Did he win?
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:03:06 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(There's no leaders on the path of least resistance, ask John Kerry, he's been paving it for 32 yrs.)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
"He had a maturity beyond his age."
Oh yeah.
To: Clintons Are White Trash
So who won the spitting contest? Journalists these days....
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:04:31 PM PST
by
Textide
To: Clintons Are White Trash
"Momentum carried him beyond."It's Sir Isaac Newton Day today, folks! Watch as AJ demonstrates Newton's first law of physics - and gravity!
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:04:39 PM PST
by
TomServo
("What a day. I invented Gainesburgers and I didn't even mean to!")
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Moral of the story: Never spit with a running start.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:05:02 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
("What do I know? I'm just the President." - George W. Bush, Superbowl XXXVIII pregame statement)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
If you have a relative whose last words were, "Hold my beer and watch this!" you might be a redneck!
(With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy)
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:05:35 PM PST
by
RebelBanker
(Negotiate? [BANG] Anybody else want to negotiate?)
To: Clintons Are White Trash; Chris Talk; dennisw; dighton; hellinahandcart; 2sheep
"It was purely accidental," said Ottawa police Sgt. Joe Simpson. "Momentum carried him beyond." When I first read that, I thought it said, "Mohammed carried him beyond."
Yikes. :-/ Must have been all those numbers in the first paragraph.
To: Clintons Are White Trash
"He was one of the smartest, most polite guys I ever met in my life," he said. "I think he was one of the classiest guys."
You can always tell the smart, polite, and classy guys in Canada by how far they can spit.
To: Clintons Are White Trash
...one of the smartest, most polite guys I ever met in my life," he said. "I think he was one of the classiest guys. He had a maturity beyond his age</> No evidence...but I suspect this was one of the few times the guy had gotten drunk- sounds like a nice, polite indian kid who got drunker than he realized. my $.02
To: mhking; martin_fierro
To: VRWCmember
"..."Momentum carried him beyond." ...
As did stupidity.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:06:42 PM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: MJY1288
He may not have won distance, but definitely splat.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:07:06 PM PST
by
WV Mountain Mama
(Global warming my A$$, when will spring get here?!?!?!)
To: VRWCmember
Armstrong, who had known Jinah for about eight months, said he was surprised to learn the circumstances surrounding his death.
"He was one of the smartest, most polite guys I ever met in my life," he said. "I think he was one of the classiest guys. He had a maturity beyond his age."
This Armstrong must be a real smart cookie. ( sarcasm obviously).
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Sadly, this just proves that smart people can do stupid things sometimes, and sometimes with deadly consequences.
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posted on
02/24/2004 12:07:48 PM PST
by
tdadams
To: dighton; Poohbah; Tijeras_Slim; hellinahandcart; general_re; L,TOWM; BlueLancer
"Momentum carried him beyond."
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