Career limiting move
Memo to self -- when BASE jumping, check the surrounding territory first.
From the Chicago
Sun Times:
Arizona man dies after parachuting from cell tower
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- Authorities say a Tucson man has died after parachuting from a cell phone tower at night and hitting high-voltage power lines.
Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar says 23-year-old Darrell Dunafon and two friends broke into a cell tower site about 30 miles south of Phoenix on Friday night and were parachuting off the approximately 400-foot-tall antennae.
Dunafon's parachute became tangled in nearby 12,000-volt power lines and he was shocked with a live wire.
Villar says the two friends called for help, and rescue crews turned off the power and cut Dunafon down. He had a slight pulse but was pronounced dead at a hospital in the nearby town of Casa Grande.
Dunafon was a Tucson resident who recently moved to the southeast Phoenix suburb of Queen Creek.
Darwin award for sure. This is a tragedy and I feel sorry for his friends and family but seriously, what was he thinking to jump with power lines close by...
Posted by DaveH at December 6, 2009 9:56 AM