World Cup Shocker
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
An Albanian fan of the Italian World cup team was electrocuted when he tried to rig power to his house from a high voltage cable in time to watch Italy v Ecuador in the world cup.
"I'll get the power back in a moment. I am not goint ot miss the match," 23 year old Alket Kocaqe told his family shortly before kickoff for Italy's first cup encounter in Sapporo Japan.
Kocaqe climbed up with a pair of pincersto reconnect the electricity supply, which had been cut off to allow for repairs to the network. He was carbonised and struck dead atop the pole.
The albanian daily Gazata Shqiptare called him the first martyr of the World Cup. Submitted on 06/05/2002
Submitted by:
Carl Meade
Reference:
Reuters 5 June 2002
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