Fla. Teen Dies After Sword Falls on Him
 

Holy moly! Talk about bad luck!

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Fla. Teen Dies After Sword Falls on Him

BRANDON, Fla. — A teenager who kept a 29-inch sword displayed on his bedroom wall has died after the weapon fell and slashed his shoulder and neck, authorities said.

Joshua Hershberger, 15, was in his bedroom with two younger siblings Monday night when a ball they were bouncing knocked the sword off the wall, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

The high school sophomore was pronounced dead at a hospital in Brandon, a suburb of Tampa. Police said no charges were expected.

Reminds me of both Hostel and Dawn Of The Dead remake....Although relace a chainsaw with a sword, in both cases.

Why in gods name is a near 3foot Sword even in this kids room. . .much less HANGING UP collecting potential energy - just waiting to be jarred loose. . . annoy:

He shouldn't of had the sword placed in a way that a ball could knock it over.

Death by ignorance.

Plus his parents should of saw the stupidity in their son and did something about it earlier.

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Man, weird things happen in Florida.

I'm going to start editing your posts into one big "PYROS COMMENTS" - with a link maintained to the original topic so that those who actually care to read your shit can do so, and those who want a Shawn-Free-Conversation can also indulge themselves.

[quote="TGB!":031a8]I'm going to start editing your posts into one big "PYROS COMMENTS" - with a link maintained to the original topic so that those who actually care to read your shit can do so, and those who want a Shawn-Free-Conversation can also indulge themselves.[/quote:031a8]

Going to work like American Media eh.

Kinda hard to foresee a freak accident. In fact I have a sword haning on the wall above the window that my desk sits in front of. However, mine is in a scabbard so it might hurt like heck to have it dfall on me but I doubt it would kill. I never thought about it falling. I only have a couple of nails in the wall and the belt loop ring up by the handle, is on one nail and the pointed end is just resting on another. Now that I think about it, a ball would easily knock it off. But like I said - no sharp points are exposed. .... and wouldn't it fall straight down along the wall, and not far enough out to hit anything? Maybe if it hit the window frame it would ... but it still shouldn't stray too far. He must have been sitting leaning up against the wall. Strange accident.

(I wonder if another kid accidentally stabbed him and when the parents rushed in the kids made up the "ball knocked it off" story.)

Freal accidents do happen. i know of a girl who slipped in the bathroom and fell through the shower doors. She bled to death.

I used to have all sorts of karate paraphernalia on my bedroom wall when i was a teen. A few swords, butterfly knives, a shit load of throwing stars, a Sai, and a Bo. I did however, have them on the opposite wall where i slept.

that is such a freak accident. that is why i dont raise the Potential Energy of a sharp object.

Thanks for the tip, Dr. Physics.

BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!!!!!!!!!

Came to my school last year. No shit. biggrin:

which shows hes hard up for cash

Nah. He went to Cornell U. which is right down the hill from here. He dropped by to help teach cause he's buds with my Tech teacher.

anyone seen final destination three?

Hanging lethal weapons is fine. The real problem in this is why was the sword sharpened enough to cut him so he could beleed to death?

This sounds like some Final Destination shit ed:

Sword falling and killing someone

[quote=Pyro]Going to work like American Media eh.[/quote:8b2ae]
You mean maintaining relevancy? Die, shawn. Just fuckin die.

On another, note: FD3?

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Well, that'll CUT your day short!

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I guess it's fair to say he was living on the EDGE!

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I guess he couldn't believe it would happen in BROAD daylight!

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*ducks and avoids the produce*

Aww, you guys suck! I'm outta here...

*walks out*

Darwin Awards candidate.

gravity happens

yes, a family has lost a young, beloved son in a freak accident. Lets make jokes about it annoy:

RIP

[quote=CoMaToSe]You mean maintaining relevancy? Die, shawn. Just fuckin die.

On another, note: FD3?[/quote:60ee2]

How is stating that it is ignorant to keep a sharp object above ground would cause serious injury if knocked down onto you is irrelevant?

I just say it in a more direct way.

I also thought of Final Destination, but in this case his head wasn't crushed by the weights.

[quote="Mr.Buttocks":b33d4]Darwin Awards candidate.[/quote:b33d4]lol

[quote="TGB!":88946]I'm going to start editing your posts into one big "PYROS COMMENTS" - with a link maintained to the original topic so that those who actually care to read your shit can do so, and those who want a Shawn-Free-Conversation can also indulge themselves.[/quote:88946]

i dont see much difference in what you said, other than pyros use of negative descriptors... i think you essentially have the same questions as him...

why was the sword there, and why didnt a parent know enough to move it?...

poor kid...

^^^ thats what I thought...I thought we said the same damn thing.

He just loves me too much, that he wants to keep me away from the wrong environments.

Natural Selection.

Darwin Award?

Impaled by a fleshlight.

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couldn't we just cLEAVE the bad taste jokes out of this... annoy: