<div dir="ltr"><div>I have to concur with Bill, even though I've spent time in the Department of Coroner in LA. The tools there were fascinating! I've learned a lot about the structure of materials by using their electron microscopes Better than CSI on TV!</div><div>/s/ Richard</div><div>_________</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;">We’ve all done something foolish in our lives and gotten away with it (i.e.: didn’t die) He wasn’t that lucky.<div><br></div><div>This isn’t stagecraft related. Maybe I’m old fashioned but speaking ill of the dead and speculating on the circumstances and aftermath feels ghoulish. I suggest we leave it alone.</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 6, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Jason C via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Wonder if there was enough of this fool left to test his blood alcohol level... I have my suspicions...<div><br></div><div>*facepalm*</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Dale Farmer via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div>
<div>If the thing was pointing straight up and the lift charge fired. then c spine injury leading to total paralysis and death. If he had suffered the injury while standing in the trauma room of a major hospital, and had a room full of medical staff ready to go, might have been survivable, but would have a respirator breathing for them for the rest of their life. </div><div><br></div><div>Sketchy news media reports say it exploded on his head, and that he thought it was a dud. So an alternate scenario is that the lift charge was a dud or a fizzle, and the shell then exploded in the tube while he was holding it on his head. Which would add blast trauma and cardboard shrapnel, and burning Pyro stars Imbedded into his body. Also not a survivable event. </div><div><br></div><div>--Dale</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(87,87,87);font-size:85%">Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><span><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: "Riter, Andrew via Stagecraft" <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> <br>Date: 07/06/2015 11:41 (GMT-05:00) <br>To: 'Stagecraft Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> <br>Cc: "Riter, Andrew" <<a href="mailto:andrew.riter@ubc.ca" target="_blank">andrew.riter@ubc.ca</a>> <br>Subject: [SML] darwin award winner <br><br>
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