Don't text and smoke and walk. Cigarettes kill! Full text of the linked article below.

http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/20279187/article-Kodiak-woman-rescued-after-falling-off-60-foot-cliff-while-texting?instance=home_news_window_left_bullets

KODIAK, Alaska - Emergency responders in Kodiak say they had to overcome the challenges of a cliff as well as an incoming tide to rescue a woman who fell 60 feet onto rocks.

Maria Pestrikoff survived the fall Sept. 17 and is recovering in an Anchorage hospital.

The Kodiak Daily Mirror (http://bit.ly/VJpoH8) reports she slipped as she was texting on her phone at the same time she tried to toss a cigarette butt over the cliff edge.

Her friend Anthony Burke heard her screams from the rocks below and called emergency responders.

Firefighters from the Bayside and Kodiak fire departments rushed to the accident scene.

Pestrikoff was just 10 feet from the incoming tide. She was placed in a rolled stretcher and hauled up the cliff to an ambulance.

Submitted on 09/26/2012

Submitted by: Amy Lanam
Reference: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, September 26, 2012

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Okay, idiocy while texting is fairly common... but, while walking by a cliff, trying to toss something *over* the cliff, while texting and not paying attention to where her feet are? My mind boggles. Thanks, Amy!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Given the added difficulty involving tossing a cigarette while texting & walking at the edge of a cliff I think this is worthy of an HM. Thanks, Amy!

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