  Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 387 Registered: 11-2005 |
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20070312/NEW S02/70312018&imw=Y Best part: An unidentified man jumped from the 11th floor of the Hyatt hotel in Dearborn, police said. As of 2:30, officials from the Dearborn Police Department declined to say where the unidentified man was from, or what type of injuries he sustained from the jump. If he jumped from the 11th floor, I can take a guess about those injuries. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3788 Registered: 08-2004 |
Well that's all the proof we need... he must be gay.... | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 388 Registered: 11-2005 |
huh? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3790 Registered: 08-2004 |
Go see gay thread in non-Detroit issues... | ||
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher Post Number: 958 Registered: 06-2006 |
He was from Lincoln Park, 49. He was taken to the hospital and died from his injuries. Mystery solved. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 409 Registered: 11-2005 |
He was taken to the hospital and died from his injuries. I thought that would have been obvious given the fact that he jumped from the 11th floor: If he jumped from the 11th floor, I can take a guess about those injuries. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1857 Registered: 06-2004 |
The report said he landed on a lower platform, so he might not have fallen that far. 'Believe or not' people have fallen from higher heights and survived. Recently there was yet another report of a skydiver experiencing total chute failure but surviving a 2,000 foot jump. | ||
Valkyrias Member Username: Valkyrias Post Number: 445 Registered: 02-2005 |
^^ that's some effed up schitt, i heard about that last week. unbeleivable! | ||
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5 Post Number: 458 Registered: 06-2005 |
Eleven stories is nothing try more that 30,000 ft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V esna_Vulovic | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 416 Registered: 11-2005 |
So all our Dearborn friend needed was a piece of fuselage to cushion his fall, eh, Johnnny5?  | ||
Ladyinabag Member Username: Ladyinabag Post Number: 90 Registered: 03-2007 |
OMIGOD, this is terrible. | ||
Eric Member Username: Eric Post Number: 712 Registered: 11-2004 |
Another jumper in Dearborn http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20070318/NEWS02/ 70318008 | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 1039 Registered: 08-2006 |
"He was taken to the hospital and died from his injuries. I thought that would have been obvious given the fact that he jumped from the 11th floor:" There was some big fat drunken slob from wisconsin who ran through a window at a Hyatt in Minneapolis. He fell 17 stories. Sadly, he's still alive. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8577 Registered: 12-2003 |
Tell me Darwin was right. I cannot believe that there was another one. | ||
Mcwalbucksnfitch Member Username: Mcwalbucksnfitch Post Number: 55 Registered: 10-2006 |
I spent this weekend in the Hyatt Regency for a conference, and I don't know how you could've survived a jump from the 3rd or 4th story, let alone the 11th. Then again, those elevators take a really long time sometimes ;) | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1731 Registered: 12-2005 |
Let's hope this isn't a trend developing. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1879 Registered: 06-2004 |
I think if there's any trend developing it's in the reporting of events, not the events themselves. Suicide is extremely common but often kept quiet. | ||
Warriorfan Member Username: Warriorfan Post Number: 671 Registered: 08-2005 |
quote: A ball turret gunner in a B-17 during WWII fell out of his ball turret after his plane was damaged by a German fighter over France. He plummeted 22,000 feet (FOUR MILES) to the earth where he crashed through the glass roof of a train station, hit the platform below, and LIVED. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 439 Registered: 11-2005 |
Another jumper in Dearborn http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20070318/NEWS02/ 70318008 Must be something in the water out there. I see the latest was a Ford worker. Wonder if he got denied a buyout or something. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1880 Registered: 06-2004 |
The article specifically said it wasn't work related. I recall reading that Metro Detroit has one of the highest usage rates of anti-depressants. Given that and the fact that we're among the lowest sunshine exposures in the country during the winter, I wouldn't be surprised if Metro Detroit has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 444 Registered: 11-2005 |
Dude, I lived in Seattle for three years. The weather here isn't half as depressing as Sea-Town, trust me. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1891 Registered: 06-2004 |
Seattle is no. one for depressing weather, SE Michigan is no. two or three (according to UMich's Depression Center). Something that I wondered about today - with all teh sheer sh*t the Detroit area has been through these last few years does anyone know if the suicide rate has gone up? Obviously the media doesn't want to go there, but some agency probably tracks the numbers, right? | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1748 Registered: 12-2005 |
In Phoenix I worked with a Brit who moved to a northwest state (I think it was Seattle) because of the weather. It reminded him of England. Last I heard he was very happy there. |
