Jeffrey Bourgeois, 6, Killed Helping Dad With Wood Chipper
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[QUOTE=Huffington Post]
SALEM, Conn. -- A 6-year-old boy helping his father on a landscaping job during school vacation was killed Tuesday after getting pulled into a wood chipper, state police said.
Jeffrey Bourgeois was putting a branch in the chipper at about 8:45 a.m. when it yanked him into the machine after his father momentarily turned his back, said Lt. J. Paul Vance, a state police spokesman. The accident happened at a home in Salem, a town of about 4,000 people nearly 30 miles southeast of Hartford.
Vance said the accident was so terrible that grief counselors were called to the scene.
"The little guy was apparently trying to help his dad," Vance said. "It's a very tragic and difficult scene for everybody."
Jeffrey and his two older siblings were with their father, Scott Bourgeois, who owns C&S Tree Removal. The family lives in Salem, less than a half-mile from where the accident happened.
Jeffrey was a first-grader at Salem Elementary School, where he was honored in the school newsletter with a "Caught Being Good" award in December.
Jeffrey and his family also enjoyed running in road races. In the Salem Kids 1 Mile Race in April 2011, he finished 45th with a time of 12:32, according to thelastmileracing.com.
The town's fire chief, Eugene Maiorano, was the first emergency responder to the accident.
"We're getting counseling for the family," Maiorano told WTNH-TV. "The family lives right across the street from me so I was the first on the scene. Saw that we had basically kept everybody away."
Salem First Selectman Kevin Lynden called Tuesday "a very, very sad day for our Salem residents. This was a Salem family, very good family in town, a well-known family. Our hearts and prayers go out to them."
The interim superintendent of Salem schools, Kaye Griffin, said a school would open during vacation week to provide counseling to students accompanied by parents. She said the school system is also developing plans to offer counseling for students and staff members when classes resume next week.[/QUOTE]
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i can't even begin to imagine what the dad felt, seeing your son pulled into the wood chipper.
It's not seeing your son pulled into it that fucks you up, it's seeing the red pile of goo forming at the end knowing that used to be your son just 30 seconds ago that fucks you up. Can't even imagine how he must've felt when seeing that. :smith:
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;35524658]It's not seeing your son pulled into it that fucks you up, it's seeing the red pile of goo forming at the end knowing that used to be your son just 30 seconds ago that fucks you up. Can't even imagine how he must've felt when seeing that. :smith:[/QUOTE]
Oh god... That actually hit me on the head... Thats just horrible...
Holy fuck that's terrible. I hope the dad will pull through.
Oh god I'm going to hell because I can't stop laughing.
RIP kid, what a way to go.
That's horrible.
Sorry to say it, but the dad was very stupid for allowing the kid to be anywhere near that machine.
I don't know how you could laugh at any of this in the first place.
I feel sorry for the kid, but this is an example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to have kids.
I thought the title meant that the kid killed his dad in a woodchipper while his dad was helping him do something.
Really sad either way.
ow
[QUOTE=fluke42;35524986]I feel sorry for the kid, but this is an example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to have kids.[/QUOTE]
Accidents happen, they even said their family had races and such, they were a true family.
Accidents man.
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i can't even begin to imagine what the dad felt, seeing your son pulled into the wood chipper.[/QUOTE]
I bet he was in pieces
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God damn that's just fucked up. I can't even imagine that ever happening at all. I feel horrible for the family. Jesus Christ.
[QUOTE=fluke42;35524986]I feel sorry for the kid, but this is an example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to have kids.[/QUOTE]
What the fuck kind of logic is that
[QUOTE=fluke42;35524986]I feel sorry for the kid, but this is an example of why some people shouldn't be allowed to have kids.[/QUOTE]
Did you even read the article? The kid was "trying to help" and was pulled in while his dad turned his back, it was a no fault on the dad
I imagine the outcome would be the same as that mechanic at a Texan airport who got sucked into a jet engine and his remains were splattered... everywhere.
( [url]http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=60975[/url] NSFW obviously )
[QUOTE=Coffee;35525243]I imagine the outcome would be the same as that mechanic at a Texan airport who got sucked into a jet engine and his remains were splattered... everywhere.
( [url]http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=60975[/url] NSFW obviously )[/QUOTE]
Oh Jesus, that was hard to look at.
For a moment I thought the title meant that a 6 year old boy killed his father who had helped by throwing him in a wood chipper.
This is worse. :smith:
Reminds me of a old family friend whose chainsaw broke, sending the chain flying into his abdomen. Luckily, he survived. But, even though that was about 20 years ago, he still needed to have surgery occasionally. That fucked up their Christmas - seriously, that happened a week before Christmas!
Score 1 to the Proletariat!
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;35524658]It's not seeing your son pulled into it that fucks you up, it's seeing the red pile of goo forming at the end knowing that used to be your son just 30 seconds ago that fucks you up. Can't even imagine how he must've felt when seeing that. :smith:[/QUOTE]
...I'm sure every bit of the incident is traumatic.
[QUOTE=Tucan Sam;35525151]Did you even read the article? The kid was "trying to help" and was pulled in while his dad turned his back, it was a no fault on the dad[/QUOTE]
The dad should instruct the kid not to go near the wood chipper... I remember when I was a kid and we would have a wood chipper about and I was told to always stay away from it because it could pull me in and kill me.
This is terrible, but I see nothing wrong with saying the dad was doing a bad parenting job. I know professionals who use these every day and wouldn't even let a grown man near them.
Mood ruined for the entire day. Dammit.
Such a horrible, HORRIBLE way to die. And so young too.
[QUOTE=Noble;35524954]Sorry to say it, but the dad was very stupid for allowing the kid to be anywhere near that machine.[/QUOTE]
You cant always help it. Kids tend to end up in places their not supposed to be very easily.
[sp] like in multiple places at once [/sp]
[sp] oh god im horrible [/sp]
If I saw that, that would scar me for life man.
Even as Rescue or the police, it would mess me up. That is terrible.
I could already imagine the horrors just by looking at the title.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;35524658]It's not seeing your son pulled into it that fucks you up, it's seeing the red pile of goo forming at the end knowing that used to be your son just 30 seconds ago that fucks you up. Can't even imagine how he must've felt when seeing that. :smith:[/QUOTE]
I always think with stories like this where someone dies suddenly, it must be so horrible to know that you can't do anything, dude's dead, but if you had done something 10 seconds ago he wouldn't be
[QUOTE=Noble;35524954]Sorry to say it, but the dad was very stupid for allowing the kid to be anywhere near that machine.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't really blame the dad too much, I don't think anyone would expect this to happen.
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