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| Man Takes One Giant Step Over Grand Canyon | |
| 2004-06-11 | |
A helicopter tour company said a man took off his seat belt, opened a door and intentionally fell to his death during a sightseeing flight over the Grand Canyon National Park Thursday. Authorities say the investigation of the man's death continues. They've offered few details on what led up to his exit from the helicopter about 90 miles northwest of Flagstaff, Ariz. The man fell about 4,000 feet. Officials don't know if the man had any connection to the others on board the helicopter. The pilot and four other passengers were shaken by what happened but weren't hurt. Authorities say the cause of death won't be determined until the body is recovered from White's Butte.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 We'll have a real mystery if he shows up alive. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-06-12 1:31:42 AM |
| #10 Smoking. Or second-hand smoke if he wasn't a smoker himself. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-11 11:10:32 PM |
| #9 Prob'ly poison. Sounds like a poison case to me... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-06-11 8:37:34 PM |
| #8 Where's Dar? Okay, all together now... "Gravity, why does it hate us?" |
| Posted by: Anonymous5199 2004-06-11 6:11:43 PM |
| #7 Hank, I think it must be more nuanced than that. Don't be such a simplisme cowboy. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-06-11 5:59:47 PM |
| #6 I thought it was cause he jumped out of a helicopter and hit the ground hard. |
| Posted by: Hank 2004-06-11 5:37:11 PM |
| #5 Distance is the primary value Change of distance over time is velocity Change of velocity over time is acceleration (in this case deceleration) Change of deceleration over time is the jerk. It wasn't the deceleration that got him, it was the jerk. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-06-11 5:21:01 PM |
| #4 "Officials don't know if the man had any connection to the others on board the helicopter." Think the other passengers would confirm a connection? "I'm sorry, I don't know why Dad - er - that man leap out." The authorities are doing a great job on this investigation. |
| Posted by: Sam 2004-06-11 5:20:59 PM |
| #3 Authorities say the cause of death won't be determined until the body is recovered from White's Butte. In the mean time, police have issued an all points bulletin for the arrest of a suspect who goes by the street name of "gravity." |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-11 5:16:43 PM |
| #2 Authorities say the cause of death won't be determined until the body is recovered from White's Butte. Whaddya think, pneumonia maybe? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-11 3:40:15 PM |
| #1 Not that I want to display my superior medical knowledge, but ... "Blunt force trama" @ 9.8 meters per second per second. . . |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-11 3:31:48 PM |