Someone I met when I was a kid died a couple days ago. We met once when we were both like 10 years old, so this was about 8 years ago, because our parents worked together. And I just found out that him and his friend were electrocuted to death. Wow....that's kind of fucked up....
[quote]OKAWVILLE, ILL. • Two high school seniors were electrocuted Thursday night while trying to rescue a raccoon from a pipe on a farm near Okawville, officials said.
Washington County Coroner Mark S. Styninger identified the victims as Nicholas S. Bledsoe, 19, of Okawville, and Justin Eldridge, 18, of Venedy, Ill.
According to Styninger, the young men had been working at the Elm Farms, on Bottom Prairie Road near Okawville, when they saw a raccoon enter a 30-foot aluminium irrigation pipe.
Witnesses told police that the young men picked up the pipe, trying to free the raccoon. The pipe touched an overhead power line, electrocuting them both just before 9 p.m. They were pronounced dead just after 10 p.m. at the Washington County Hospital.
Leon Spinka, the principal at Okawville Junior-Senior High School, said Nicholas was president of the senior class. Justin was part of the school's bass fishing team and its trapshooting team, and wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement.
"They're great kids, good students, personable. Both of them were admired by their classmates," Spinka said.
There were 47 students in the senior class. On Friday, Spinka said several clergy members and counselors were at the school to help the students and staff cope with the deaths.
Okawville is about 40 miles southeast of St. Louis, just south of Interstate 64.[/quote]
Linky: [url]http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_015c0084-fe00-564c-afb8-ea008e5442ea.html[/url]
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[quote]Two high school seniors were electrocuted Thursday night while trying to rescue a raccoon from a pipe on a farm near Okawville, officials said.[/quote]
I honestly couldn't take this seriously after reading that.
Still sucks for them.
They died saving a raccoon? They died heroes, bro. That's fucking beautiful. :unsmith:
Poor guys. :smith:
:glomp: I feel for ya OP.
"Two high school seniors were electrocuted Thursday night while trying to rescue a raccoon from a pipe on a farm near Okawville"
Did anyone else chuckle a bit? It's terrible that they died, but they died trying to rescue raccoons..
[QUOTE=Colliseemoe;28458683]They died saving a raccoon? They died heroes, bro. That's fucking beautiful. :unsmith:[/QUOTE]
I fucking love racoons, they are my eternal hereos.
Motherfucking serial killer raccoons.
The raccoons know they won't be electrocuted, and can climb down at anytime [b][EDIT: rereading the article, it appears that the raccoon was in the pipe, not on the overhead power lines. All charges against the raccoon have been dropped.][/b] , but lure unsuspecting innocent children.
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Still, it's DANGERS OF ELECTRICITY 101.
[quote]The pipe touched an overhead power line [/quote]
Really? cmon guys a little common sense
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Leon Spinka, the principal at Okawville Junior-Senior High School, said Nicholas was president of the senior class. Justin was part of the school's bass fishing team and its trapshooting team, and wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement.[/quote]
:smith:
OP needs to avenge the death of the person he knew and turn that fucker into a hat.
A "the best day of my life" thread and a "someone i know just died" thread in the same day.
Facepunch is an odd place
[QUOTE=Portalz117;28458843]A "the best day of my life" thread and a "someone i know just died" thread in the same day.
Facepunch is an odd place[/QUOTE]
It's more than possible that they're related.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;28458841]OP needs to avenge the death of the person he knew and turn that fucker into a hat.[/QUOTE]
Sly Cooper always wins.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;28458841]OP needs to avenge the death of the person he knew and turn that fucker into a hat.[/QUOTE]
I imagine the raccoon was electrocuted as well.
[QUOTE=Light Rain;28458619]We met once...[/QUOTE]
by that logic I could have posted the same topic title when Michael Jackson died
[QUOTE=Light Rain;28458986]I imagine the raccoon was electrocuted as well.[/QUOTE]
It's probable the damage wasn't too bad, because the path of least resistance would have been the aluminium piping, and not the raccoons body.
I'm curious as to why the pipe ended up being vertical, though.
If the raccoon was stuck, wouldn't it be stuck at the entrance?
Otherwise, why would they need to rescue the raccoon at all, if it could move freely?
People die.
[QUOTE=a-cookie;28459168]People die.[/QUOTE]
It's not everyday that it's someone you have met before though.
Racoons are bastards, I tell you what.
[QUOTE=a-cookie;28459168]People die.[/QUOTE]
When they're older than, say, [b]EIGHTEEN[/b], yes, but the death of teenagers and younger shouldn't be taken as a given, it's tragic they're unable to live out their lives.
*Knew
I rated OP zing.
I feel bad now.
I rated OP funny.
I feel good now.
I know how it feels man. 1 of my friends was shot and killed when i was 9.
Raccoons, they steal everything, even your life.
The family must be in real shock after receiving this electrifying news.
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i'm going to hell aren't i
So did the raccoon get electrocuted too or what?
Is the racoon Okay?
[QUOTE=Kappa169;28458817]Really? cmon guys a little common sense[/QUOTE]
Well I'm sure they didn't notice.
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