Death By Beer

[FLMom]

Snagged Backpack Strangles Man

James Francis Henry died climbing over a 6-foot-tall chain link fence while drinking beer and walking with his girlfriend from their begging site to their homeless camp, police said.

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/04/04032008_Snagged-backpack-strangles-man.cfm

 

[curious1]

Oh how sad.

 

[montana_16]

This is an awful story. It had to be such a frightening and helpless feeling for them both.

 

[JBean]

Makes you realize your life may depend on who you are with that day.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Yup. If she had only gotten underneath him and propped him up...he might have been able to free himself. Very sad.

 

[Filly]

God bless that poor guy. May he rest in peace.

 

[panglossian]

How sad and unfortunate. The beer really wasn't worth it in the end, was it?

 

[Lurker]

He had a dozen 40's in the backpack? Isn't that about 30 lbs? Holy carp!

Poor guy, and his girlfriend wasn't bright enough to pick him up instead of the back pack? Sheesh