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| Pizza guy delivers despite gunshot wound |
| 2005-06-07 |
| Profiling this year's leading candidate for the Congressional Pizza of Honor. Edited for brevity. A robbery attempt and a gunshot wound to the leg didn't stop a Tampa [FL] pizza delivery man from making his deliveries Saturday night. Thomas Stefanelli says it was "dedication" that drove him to deliver four pizzas after being shot in the thigh. Stefanelli says a man in a Halloween mask approached him, pointing a gun and demanding money, when he mistakenly stopped at a vacant home. Yes, it's always a good idea to stop and talk to someone in a Halloween mask... in June. He was shot in the leg as the two men struggled. He says his attacker fled to a nearby house. Stefanelli says his cell phone wasn't working, so he drove to his next delivery address to call his boss. He then made three more deliveries before being taken to a hospital. "Here's your thin-crust pepperoni and cordite!" "I didn't order extra sauce...?" "Oh, that's blood--sorry!" An X-ray showed no serious damage. The bullet had stopped in 37-year-old Stefanelli's back pocket. Is that a bullet in your pocket, or... ? |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #12 Huh. I wonder if they've ever read Snow Crash. You can read the opening bit here. Congrats to Mr. Stefanelli. He just became Deliverator of the year. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-06-07 23:44 |
| #11 OS, is that true for foreign visitors, too, if they comply with fingerprinting and photo? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-06-07 23:10 |
| #10 FYI, no excuse not to be armed. Florida is a "Shall Issue" concealed carry state. You can even get a carry permit as a visitor - apply via mail, the local police do you fingerprints & photo, the sherrif there does permit. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-06-07 22:57 |
| #9 Hiro Protagonist strikes again! |
| Posted by: BH 2005-06-07 20:49 |
| #8 Sounds like the Spanish Garden mafia is on the move. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-07 20:11 |
| #7 TH1864--I agree it's crap too. Sounds like a bogus drug deal went down and he was too afraid to report it. Then he decided to make up some B.S. story to cover his injuries and make himself look good. This guy and the "runaway bride" would make a cute couple, don't ya think? |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-06-07 18:25 |
| #6 TH1864 - follow the story's link for 'More Articles' with the next headline being 'Man with no legs shot and killed'. Its a quagmire out there I tell you, a quagmire. We need to pull out of .... Tampa? Wonder how the prisoners are treated in the high security prisons down in Florida. Guess if they're not perfectly respecting the poor misunderstood perps like this shooter, they need to close the facilities. |
| Posted by: Hupoluth Shineting4515 2005-06-07 18:17 |
| #5 amazing Holmes! How do you do it? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-06-07 17:40 |
| #4 whole story is bullshit i would put a $100 on it he was a drug dealer too or was tryinng too buy soem |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-06-07 17:06 |
| #3 I would carry mace or whatever was "legal" for self defense in Florida. The pizza guy was almost all sauced up! How much dough did the robber's get? Andrea Jackson |
| Posted by: workin for a living 2005-06-07 16:36 |
| #2 Yeah, okay, but did he beat the 30 minute deadline? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-06-07 15:41 |
| #1 "Neither rain nor snow nor bleeding through-and-throughs shall stay this messenger from his appointed rounds." |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-06-07 15:19 |