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Bob Terwilliger[_1_] Bob Terwilliger[_1_] is offline
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Default Angry Man Killed Trying To Cut Power Line

Miche wrote:

>> Too bad the below person was not Sheldumb. ns
>>
>> NY Resident Used Industrial Saw
>>
>> POND EDDY, N.Y. -- New York authorities say a man was electrocuted
>> Saturday when he tried to cut through a downed power line with an
>> industrial saw.
>>
>> Authorities say the 64-year-old Pond Eddy man was drunk and ignored
>> repeated orders to stay away from the cable.
>>
>> The accident happened in the presence of firefighters who had been
>> guarding the fallen line. The Sullivan County public safety commissioner
>> says officials chased the man away from the line several times before he
>> fetched the saw from his house.
>>
>> Authorities say the line fell in a storm Friday and had been down for
>> about seven hours while utility crews tended to damage elsewhere.

>
> I have a hard time seeing this as an "accident".


I have a hard time seeing it as his outpouring of grief over Jelena
Jankovic's poor showing at Wimbledon. What? Nobody said it had anything to
do with Jelena Jankovic? Well, nobody said it was an accident, either.

Bob