Medical school prof killed by crocodile in Africa
 

This sucks. Guy goes to Africa to make a difference in the world and becomes dinner to a croc.

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Medical school prof killed by crocodile in Africa

Associated Press
Published on: 03/22/06

SEATTLE — A University of Washington medical professor who moved to Botswana to alleviate a doctor shortage was killed when a crocodile dragged him from a canoe, his family and colleagues said.

Dr. Richard K. Root, 68, was on a wildlife tour Sunday of the Limpopo River after visiting a clinic in the area.

He was in a lead canoe with tour guides when the crocodile thrust from the water, grabbed him and pulled him under, said Steve Gluckman, medical director of the Botswana program. He was not seen again.

The tour guides were wary of hippos, but there had been no reports of crocodile attacks in the area, Gluckman said.

Root was a nationally known expert in infectious disease and the former chief of medicine at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center.

He had moved to the southern African nation only this month to train health care workers to deal with AIDS.

that sucks....people trying to make a difference and dying like that...a horrible death like that....rip

holy shit thats horrible. How did the croc know to go for the person on the canoe and not the canoe itself?

the croc has got to eat....

My Mom says there's alot of black people in Africa.

RIP

The good die young, while the bad become president.

Owie, what a horrible way to go out, out like a sucker, just a pawn in the game and just another number. Word.

[quote="Airborne Butters":b31f4]My Mom says there's alot of black people in Africa.[/quote:b31f4]

wtf does that have to do with anything??

Real shitty way to leave this earth. Kinda reminds me of that lion attack in the 70's

thats a shame, i wonder if they retreived the body or, you know, thats it?

Tony showed me a video of them cutting a croc open and pulling out various parts of some tribal kids body. Severed head and arms and torso and shit

Then according to you this man was not good. He was in his late 60's. And keep your political views out of none political threads.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":eddfe]Then according to you this man was not good. He was in his late 60's. And keep your political views out of none political threads.[/quote:eddfe]

late 60s is the new 20

[quote=Pyro]late 60s is the new 20[/quote:7bf14]

lol you're so full of shit...

[quote=Pyro]late 60s is the new 20[/quote:16979]
no its not. I dont feel like Im 60.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":35b2a][quote=Pyro]late 60s is the new 20[/quote:35b2a]
no its not. I dont feel like Im 60.[/quote:35b2a]

Welcome to being 20 btw.

It's a decent age.