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Every Day

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Sad Stuff...
« on: April 29, 2012, 05:03:19 PM »
Went out fishing yesterday in Aggasiz...

Noticed the logging road up to mount woodside was all blocked off, and when I came around the corner and saw coppers at the hang/hand gliding landing I knew it must have had something to do with the jump spot at the top. Saw a helicopter buzzing around too. They were still there 4 hours later, although the helicopter was landed.

Apparently a women came detached from her guided trip and fell right after launching.
Thoughts and prayers for her family...

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Female+hang+glider+tried+cling+pilot+feet+fell+metres/6538182/story.html
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Re: Sad Stuff...
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 12:41:17 AM »
Yes very sad indeed.
Can't imagine the fear that this poor lady experience.  :(

Knowing she was in trouble ,then trying to hang on.

Finally free falling knowing it would take a miracle  to survive the fall.

In N Vancouver on the suspension bridge a baby  fell from it's mom's arms.

Zillion to 1 the baby survived with hardly a scratch.
For tree branches or whatever broke the fall. Good story on that one :)
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Re: Sad Stuff...
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2012, 11:30:13 AM »
Heard the news from last night---The hang-gliding pilot whose tandem passenger fell to her death has been charged with obstruction of justice in the police investigation

Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Pilot+hang+gliding+death+charged+with+obstruction+justice/6543238/story.html#ixzz1tdzh8bTm
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2012, 05:48:57 PM »
He ate the Cameras Memory Card and they are now waiting for him to poop it out! Bail hearing has been postponed until Friday.
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Re: Sad Stuff...
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2012, 09:00:17 PM »
Quote from: DanJohn on May 02, 2012, 05:48:57 PM
He ate the Cameras Memory Card and they are now waiting for him to poop it out! Bail hearing has been postponed until Friday.

 ??? huh
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Re: Sad Stuff...
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2012, 09:37:10 PM »
Quote from: DanJohn on May 02, 2012, 05:48:57 PM
He ate the Cameras Memory Card and they are now waiting for him to poop it out! Bail hearing has been postponed until Friday.

Not something you do if you have nothing to hide
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Re: Sad Stuff...
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2012, 12:02:59 PM »
Quote from: hue-nut on May 02, 2012, 09:00:17 PM
??? huh

Yup. The hang gliding instuctor ate the memory card from the camera he had on him. I would assume it shows the whole instance of the woman falling, and the why, but that is heresay at this point and I dont know. We will find out though.
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