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Default Angry Man Killed Trying To Cut Power Line


"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> 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


See above^^^^^^^^