Hurricane + Canoe = gene pool 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
http://www.wina.com/storyshow.asp?id=7537
Submitters note: This event occurred between the time that the first band of Hurricane Isabel passed over Harrisonburg, and the arrival of the second band and main body. Darwinian amusement at it's best!
Story:
A JMU student dies while canoeing in the severe weather
Harrisonburg authorities have released the name of the man whose body was recovered Friday morning in Black's Run, a stream that runs through the city. He's 22-year-old Christopher Ball of Harrisonburg. Ball was a James Madison University student. Mayor Joe Fitzgerald says Ball, along with another man and a female, decided early Friday morning to take a canoe out on Black's Run to check out the high water from the storm's heavy rains. Authorities responded to a call at about 2:30 a.m. that the canoe had capsized. They rescued a woman and another man, but the other man was missing. The mayor says Ball's body was recovered about five hours later, about a quarter-of-a-mile downstream from where the canoe flipped over.
Submitted on 09/20/2003
Submitted by:
Toby Cobb
Reference:
www.wina.com 20 Sept.
Copyright © 2003 DarwinAwards.com
|
