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Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Justice Scalia Dies, Political Firestorm Erupts (+ What Does Justice Scalia's Death Mean?)
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
13-year-old YouTube Star, Caleb Logan Bratayley, Passes Away
October 1st at 7:08PM Caleb Logan Bratayley passed away of natural causes. This has come as a shock to all of us. Words cannot describe how much we will miss him. His incredibly funny, loving and wonderful spirit made us all fall in love with him as a YouTuber, friend, brother and son. We know you tune in to watch each day and eagerly anticipate new videos, but ask that you bear with us while we deal with this tragedy as a family. Please help us honor our, baked potato.
We invite you to share your favorite Caleb memories in the comments and on social with #ripcaleb
Shortly before he died, the Bratayleys had filmed a video of Caleb talking to his “future self,” (which starts at about 9:52 secs into the video). The video has been posted with the message, “Unfortunately Caleb passed away the day after we made this video. He will never get to meet his future self. None of us will and we are very sad because he would have been great. Please kiss your kids and tell them you love them every day. You never know what day will be their last.”
HT: ew
Friday, July 31, 2015
Jimmy Kimmel on the Killing of Cecil the Lion
See more of Cecil in the 2nd vid below.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
China: Mother's Final Moments Captured After Saving Son From Escalator Disaster
Warning: Disturbing Images
After reaching the top of an escalator, 30-year-old Xiang Liujuan was killed after she fell through a gap that suddenly opened up and swallowed her at a department store in Jingzhou city, Hubei province in China.
She was with her two-year-old son at the time but she managed to push her son up to safety with the aide of shopping assistants and surveillance footage captured the entire moments on camera.
The woman’s family wants to spread awareness of this tragedy and to the mall’s escalator safety by publicizing this story.
“Facing the loss of a lively human being, our whole family is shocked and unable to react,” her sister-in-law wrote in a blog post. “We don’t know how to save all the proof about my brother’s wife’s suffering, so what we can do is to count on the media to record what happened.”
Incidentally, there have been other escalator malfunctions in China in the last few years:
Plus two other more recent incidences in shopping malls according to CNN:
After taking four hours to rescue Xiang, she was pronounced dead. Loose screws on the footplate were allegedly unsecured and staff found out minutes before the disaster that the escalator was malfunctioning yet no actions were taken to examine it – or stop it entirely.
Source(s): shanghaiist | buzzfeed | cnn
She was with her two-year-old son at the time but she managed to push her son up to safety with the aide of shopping assistants and surveillance footage captured the entire moments on camera.
The young boy looked on as his mother was tragically pulled into the machinery. Xiang was reportedly shopping at the mall with her husband at the time, but he had not yet made it to the elevator on the fifth floor.
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| Damaged escalator after the incident | Source |
“Facing the loss of a lively human being, our whole family is shocked and unable to react,” her sister-in-law wrote in a blog post. “We don’t know how to save all the proof about my brother’s wife’s suffering, so what we can do is to count on the media to record what happened.”
Incidentally, there have been other escalator malfunctions in China in the last few years:
- Escalator glitch injures 13 at Jing’an Metro,
- Teenager killed in Beijing escalator accident where at least 28 were injured
Plus two other more recent incidences in shopping malls according to CNN:
- In southwestern Guangxi province, a toddler’s left hand and arm were caught in a gap of an escalator on Monday after he tripped and fell at the bottom, firefighters told local media. He suffered multiple trauma, including a fractured arm, and was hospitalized.
- In Beijing, a boy’s foot was stuck in an escalator at a shopping mall on Sunday, according to People’s Daily. He was rescued by firefighters within half an hour and appeared only slightly injured, witnesses told the newspaper.
After taking four hours to rescue Xiang, she was pronounced dead. Loose screws on the footplate were allegedly unsecured and staff found out minutes before the disaster that the escalator was malfunctioning yet no actions were taken to examine it – or stop it entirely.
Source(s): shanghaiist | buzzfeed | cnn
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Daughter of Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, dies
In memory of...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
American Tourist Killed in Lion Park Attack near Johannesburg
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| Video snapshot of yellow police tape around the SUV where the attack took place |
A twenty-two-year-old American tourist was attacked and killed by a lioness at the Gauteng Lion Park near Johannesburg, South Africa and a tour guide was injured trying to fight off the lioness.
This attack is said to be the third attack in three months. The young woman apparently had her car window opened even though there were signs posted everywhere warning people to keep their windows closed.
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| Video snapshot |
Park employee Scott Simpson said, “There was a car driving to the lion camp and the lion came through the window and it bit the tourist. Unfortunately, the ambulance arrived quite soon but the lady has passed away.”
Sunday, December 21, 2014
What Is Life? Is Death Real?
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