Not A Good Way To Go

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-08 08:16pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2973922.stm

That's a pretty damn nasty thing to have happen.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-06-08 08:18pm

Let's just hope that girl landed somewhere safely.~Jason

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-06-08 08:23pm

I hope she died quickly. That must have been absolutely terrifying.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-06-08 08:29pm

That sucks...

Definitly not a way to go.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-06-08 08:30pm

I never thought this could actually happen.

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2003-06-08 08:32pm

Poor kid.....

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-06-08 08:54pm

poor little girl. I hope she is either safe or died quickly.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-08 08:55pm

Where were her parents,what were they doing?

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-06-08 08:58pm

Ouch. Something like that happened with a US zeppelin I remember, 3 people though.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-06-08 09:26pm

Montcalm wrote:Where were her parents,what were they doing?

A fair question. Although with them shutting down the show, it would appear that the organizers feel some guilt or blame for the accident.
A nightmare any way you look at it though. Five years old!
Horrible.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-08 09:33pm

Horrible. Shit like this is just one more reason why I think Im gonna be a worry wort as a parent.

I get scared when my neice falls down, I cant imagine the horror of seeing something like this.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-06-08 09:50pm

Sweet merciful crap.

Will this lead to big helium baloon safety reforms?

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-06-08 09:54pm

Soontir C'boath wrote:Let's just hope that girl landed somewhere safely.~Jason

uhh, i dont think you read the report ...

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-06-09 01:51am

Alyrium Denryle wrote:poor little girl. I hope she is either safe or died quickly.

The story implies the latter.

Stampede · Post by **Stampede** » 2003-06-09 04:31am

damn

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-06-09 11:32am

poor little girl.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-09 12:29pm

Just heard on the news they found her body.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-06-09 02:20pm

Heard the parents talking about it on the radio this morning, bummer.

On a related note, theres an old WWII story about a woman who got hit in the back of the head by one of the barrage balloon cables, she held her head until she got to hospital, and discovered that her neck had been broken, apparently, if she'd let go, she'd have died.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-06-09 08:19pm

Very very sad.