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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: Jumbo on January 19, 2010, 03:44:30 AM
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34924101/ns/entertainment-arts_books_more/?gt1=43001 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34924101/ns/entertainment-arts_books_more/?gt1=43001)
DJ plays ‘Jump’ as woman mulls suicide
British disc jockey played song at request of commuter stuck in traffic
updated 1:26 p.m. CT, Mon., Jan. 18, 2010
LONDON - A British radio DJ is being criticized for playing Van Halen's "Jump" as police tried to talk a suicidal woman down from a highway bridge last week.
A British mental health charity said it was horrified by the incident Thursday morning, and would bring it up with Britain's media regulator.
Disc jockey Steve Penk, who owns Revolution Radio and hosts its morning show, said he played the song at the request of a commuter sitting in traffic on a highway shut down while police negotiators tried to talk the woman off the bridge. He said several commuters had called to express frustration at the delays. Penk said he made no reference to the woman in playing the song.
"This audience was just climbing the wall," he told The Associated Press. "They were frustrated" in traffic on the highway that rings the northwest English city of Manchester.
Penk refused to apologize for the decision, saying he was standing by his audience. He said he was stunned by the media coverage. The Sun newspaper quoted a listener saying that playing the song was "pathetic and nasty."
Paul Farmer, who leads the Mind lobbying organization on mental health issues, said the DJ showed "a complete lack of compassion and sensitivity."
The 30-year-old woman eventually jumped, sustaining only minor injuries in shattering her heel bones, Manchester police said. She would not have heard the song on the bridge, and so it could not have affected her actions, police said.
A call placed with Ofcom, the media regulator, was not immediately returned.
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Not gonna lie.......I laughed.
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Not gonna lie.......I laughed.
Me too.
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encore...free fallin'
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encore...free fallin'
Followed by Another One Bites the Dust
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Absolutely ridiculous... These nutcases do this periodically in Atlanta, and it ties up traffic on the Interstates for hours. I see nothing wrong with a little encouragement. Spray them down with a fire hose... Taser them off the edge... Then, we can clean up the greasy spot and get traffic moving again.
It's all just a show anyway. If these clowns were seriously contemplating suicide, there are quicker and more creative ways of going...
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Should have at least followed with Pointer Sisters "Jump jump for my love, jump in..."
When I was in Louisville... or maybe it was Memphis, I don't remember... we had a dinner meeting at a Joe's Crab Shack on the banks of the Mississippi River. Big bridge crossing into Arkansas from there. Where the hell was that..?
Anyway, it's about to get dusk and we see the bridge light up with police cars, fire trucks and ambulances. Some douche is on the edge. I guess they can't talk him down because after about half an hour, he swan dives into the river. We're talking at least 50-60 feet up. His momentum carried him over and he landed flat, like a belly flop. Waitress deadpanned..."well, that one's dead."
Apparently the bridge is a common jumping ground and they get a couple per year.
Guess the guy died. As far as I know they never found the body. We sat on benches by the river and watched the dive teams work for hours, but they told us that the current could have him miles downriver.
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Memphis.
Can't they use a shotgun beanbag and knock them backwards onto wherever they are standing? Or maybe get a rodeo cowboy to lasso them?
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Should have at least followed with Pointer Sisters "Jump jump for my love, jump in..."
When I was in Louisville... or maybe it was Memphis, I don't remember... we had a dinner meeting at a Joe's Crab Shack on the banks of the Mississippi River. Big bridge crossing into Arkansas from there. Where the hell was that..?
Anyway, it's about to get dusk and we see the bridge light up with police cars, fire trucks and ambulances. Some douche is on the edge. I guess they can't talk him down because after about half an hour, he swan dives into the river. We're talking at least 50-60 feet up. His momentum carried him over and he landed flat, like a belly flop. Waitress deadpanned..."well, that one's dead."
Apparently the bridge is a common jumping ground and they get a couple per year.
Guess the guy died. As far as I know they never found the body. We sat on benches by the river and watched the dive teams work for hours, but they told us that the current could have him miles downriver.
50 or 60 foot jump into water isn't that high...I have jumped into water off higher than that. Why would that be an automatic death?
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50 or 60 foot jump into water isn't that high...I have jumped into water off higher than that. Why would that be an automatic death?
Agreed... I didn't get that either. Perhaps being the Mississippi, there was a strong current and a risk of debris just under the surface.
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50 or 60 foot jump into water isn't that high...I have jumped into water off higher than that. Why would that be an automatic death?
This says it's 109 feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_Bridge)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Hernando_de_Soto_Bridge_Memphis.jpg/250px-Hernando_de_Soto_Bridge_Memphis.jpg)
Hmmm.. so maybe my dick is twice as big as I estimate it, too. Better get a tape measure. Or a yardstick.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV2yaY8CcM4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV2yaY8CcM4#)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvjNex7ew8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvjNex7ew8#)