The luckiest man alive

[stevedeshazer]

At least in Eugene.

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/08/17/c1.cr.suicide.0817.p1.php?section=cityregion

Apparent suicidal jump sends man to ICU

A Cottage Grove man survived an 85-foot fall from a construction crane in downtown Eugene during an apparent suicide attempt Thursday morning.

The man had tied a rope around his neck and wrapped a U.S. flag around his shoulders like a cape, Eugene police said. As people below watched, he climbed through the bars of the crane arm and hung by his hands for about a minute before letting go, police said.

The rope snapped and he plunged toward the ground. He crashed through plywood supported about 12 feet above the ground, then fell onto gravel, police said. He somehow avoided hitting the metal rebar and concrete posts that spike the site.

Seth Austin Casson, 33, was conscious when emergency workers reached him. He underwent surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center and was in serious condition in the intensive care unit Thursday afternoon.

More at link. Ironically, he probably survived because of tweekers!

[iamahaingttta]

1. Doesn't sound very lucky to me...

...if he tried to kill himself and survived.
Sounds rather UNlucky.

Luck would have been if he had been struck by lightning right before the jump.

[stevedeshazer]

2. He gets a second chance

That's the lucky part.

;)

[Wilber_Stool]

3. Just one more thing he

can't worth a fuck.

[stevedeshazer]

4. You shouldn't post while drunk.

[Rosemary2205]

5. There are worse things than death.

My husband survived a 50ft plunge off the freeway thanks to a drunk who ran us off the road. He survived but has no short term memory at all. He's a danger to himself and to everyone around him. He also lacks all emotion, he has no joy, no fear, no anger, no love. To look at him you'd think he was "lucky".

[stevedeshazer]

6. Ouch

My dad had severe Alzheimer's. I should know better.

[EFerrari]

7. Don't see the part about tweekers. One lucky man.

I hope he makes it.

[stevedeshazer]

8. Here's the deal about tweekers

from the article:

"Mark Roberts, part-owner of the construction company, said burglars had cut through a 6-foot chain-link fence and broke down plywood entry doors overnight to steal copper wire from the site."

That's tweeker stuff.

[EFerrari]

9. LOL! That's how much I know.

:)