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Crushed crooks

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

After the police idenified stopped a ring of terrorists trying to get a liquid bomb into an airport in Europe last year, a new security measure as immidiately put in place at all European airports. No passenger is permited to take any liquid container with more than 100ml. At airport central search facilities, security staff were confiscating all different items off passengers, bottles of perfumes, alcohol,lotions were all dropped into the bin by security agents. These bins were then taken to the Airport trash compactor to be compacted with the rest of the waste. This was too much temptation for two wokers who thought they could profit from the loot. They went out to the compactor, and climbed in it using a ladder to look for the bag.

It was not clear how, but while they were in the compactor it began woking and both were crushed ladder and all... Please find the link to the story below:

http://www.diariodemallorca.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=1665_10_295513__Sucesos-Aparece-segundo-cadaver-mismo-contenedor-basura-aeropuerto

Submitted on 04/06/2008

Submitted by: Ernesto Caldwell
Reference: Diario de Malorca / 26 Sept 2007

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Bruce said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Getting trapped inside a trash compactor is borderline too common for me. There have been a number of submissions over the years of similar stories. What makes this a bit different is that this time the trash compactor caught two stupid mooks, so I'll give it a tentative nod. Let's see what the other moderators have to say. Thanks, Ernesto!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Although I COULD make a political statement about the sorry state of ultra-paranoid security at airports (are passengers compensated for any of these confiscated items?), I will limit it to the incident at hand. Criminals are a sorry lot, and the less of them around, the better. The manner in which these gentry left this life was rather amusing, and given the relatively low value of the garbage therein, all the more so! Thanks, Ernesto!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Two at once. Darwin is getting much more efficient these days. Thanks for the story, Ernesto


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