Another Rhodes Scholar lost

[Ben Pavsner is a Pavlov Pundit]

Re: Darwin Award: Ghetto kid jumps off roof with trash bag parachute

Group: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 5:38pm (EDT-3)
From: wis...@yahoo.com
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:11:28 -0700 (PDT), "+" <macm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
NY boy, 9, made plastic parachute, took death dive
The Associated Press
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/43077062.html
NEW YORK - A friend says a 9-year-old New York City boy might have been
imitating a video game character when he apparently made a plastic
parachute and jumped to his death from his apartment building's roof.
Police say Domori Miles likely cobbled a plastic bag and rope together
before flying off the 13-story Brooklyn building Tuesday. The items were
found on the ground near his body.
Ten-year-old friend Shakar Murrel says Domori was a fan of the wrestling
game "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw" and loved wrestler Jeff Hardy's swan dives.
Stamford, Conn.-based World Wrestling Entertainment expresses sympathy
but calls for "a full investigation ... before conclusions are made." It
says no "SmackDown vs. Raw" characters jump off buildings or use
parachutes.
Domori's mother tells police she had gone to the store.
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Nine-year-old Domori Miles jumped 13 stories to his death with a
makeshift parachute Tuesday evening in New York.
http://www.bet.com/News/NewsArticleNYBoyDiesAfterJumpingOffApartmentBuilding.htm
While his mother was away from the apartment, Miles took a makeshift
parachute, made of a plastic bag and some rope, and went up to the roof
of his Brooklyn apartment building. Then, police believe he jumped off
the top of the building, plunging to his death, thinking that his
parachute would support his weight.
One of Miles' friends said the boy was a huge fan of the wrestling video
game, "WWE Smackdown vs. Raw," in which one of the characters swan
dives. Some are speculating that Miles was trying to imitate a wrestling
move.
"He played it all the time. That was what he was trying to do," 10-
year-old Shakar Murrel told The Associated Press. "If I would have seen
him up there, I would have told him not to do it." In a statement, WWE
expressed condolences to the boy's family, but also asked that there be
a full investigation before any conclusions are drawn, adding that none
of the game's characters use parachutes or jump from buildings.
Police were at the scene of the tragedy Wednesday taking photos and
collecting evidence to get a clearer picture of what happened. Security
cameras did catch Miles going up to the roof of the building. While the
doors leading to the roof have to be left unlocked for fire safety
reasons, neighbors told local New York television station, WABC, that
the alarm wasn't working.
Now, a shocked community is left to grieve.
"He was a nice, friendly little boy; outgoing," one neighbor told WABC.
"Really sweet."
Another potential Rhodes Scholar lost.
ted

[Jesse]

Bill...@webtv.net (Ben Pavsner is a Pavlov Pundit) wrote in
news:9596-49E...@storefull-3212.bay.webtv.net:

Self inflicted crime prevention, it is