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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Man gets caught on Statue of Liberty | ||||
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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:05 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | A French stunt man using a motor-driven parachute to glide above New York Harbor was arrested Thursday morning after he became snagged on the Statue of Liberty's upraised torch and had to be rescued by police. The man, who could be seen hanging on the outstretched arm of the statue, was pulled to safety by New York City Police officers on a deck directly below the torch just after 10 a.m. The bright orange-red parachute had remained draped over the torch since about 9:30 a.m. The man was tentatively identified by police as Thierry Devaux, 41. Police said the stunt man had intended to land somewhere on Liberty Island, carrying a sign protesting the use of land mines. The man, who tried a similar stunt last year with less fanfare, was not injured, police said. The man had a propeller-driven motor that looked like a giant fan strapped to his back. There is a sport called powered paragliding that uses a backpack engine, called a paramotor. It allows gliders to cover greater distances and heights without the need for wind. It also can start from level ground, instead of needing a high point. Members of the NYPD's emergency service, harbor and aviation units responded to the scene. NYPD Officers Christopher Ballou and Keith Duval pulled the man to safety. The man was handcuffed and taken into the custody of the U.S. Park Service Police. Charges were not immediately released. The bizarre scene left hundreds of early morning tourists, already lined up for their turn to climb the 22-story monument, shaking their heads in disbelief. Joanne Gebdes, a tourist from New Zealand, was on her way up to the Statue's crown, when security guards told everyone to turn around. When she got out, she said, "We saw the parachuting guy just hanging there by nothing but a few strings." Gebdes said her first thought was: "He must have been bloody stupid to do it." Her second was disappointment. "We're only here for three days and it was our only opportunity to visit," she said. She and her brother got up early and rushed down to make sure they were on an 8:30 a.m. ferry to Liberty Island. Only the first boatload of people are allowed to climb to the crown because of the volume of people who visit daily. A person answering the phone at the Statue of Liberty Park refused to answer questions on the incident. Messages left for spokespeople for the parks department were not immediately returned. The statue, dedicated in 1886, is 151 feet high from base to torch. From the bottom of its pedestal to the torch is more than 300 feet. The park, which had opened at 8:30 a.m., is accessible by ferry from Manhattan and New Jersey. A gift of international friendship from France, the statue was designated a National Monument in October 1924. The statue was extensively restored in time for its centennial. Standing at the entrance to New York Harbor, near neighboring Ellis Island, the statue is one of the most recognized symbols of freedom in the world. It had 5.3 million visitors in 1999, the last year for which figures were available. | ||||
| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:19 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | what a tool E-Mail = E-Mail Me AIM = OABaLLooNNoT | ||||
| MaynardGKrebs | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:24 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | Viva Le France! He was probably trying to take the statue back. (credit to Shelle for that one)  It's just "I love you" can mean a lot of things, like "You'll do till someone better comes along", or "I can't describe how I really feel but I know I'm supposed to say this", or "Shut up, I'm watchin' TV"...  | ||||
| Thrillhouse Alkey gave me my bonus points back. | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:26 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | are there any pictures of this? Adopted by AFDude - A member of the WGWNGN | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:32 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 |   This message was edited by TeenWeek on 8-23-01 @ 2:34 PM | ||||
| meatballnip | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:37 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | it's the only thing in the harbor. How the hell did he hit it? Stoner/Swiller...what? Hey, pass me a brew. | ||||
| fbdlingfrg wow, my name looks odd without 5 lines of type below it in bold and purple and red G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Red Wings Captain Cecil JBA~Remove the Pick & Click NOW! | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:41 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | my brother was flipping through the channels this morning, and we stumbled upon cnn, and what we saw was a parachute stuck on the torch.it was funny as hell.i should watch cnn more often for stupid stuff like this...ehh screw it.i'll stick with comedy central i may be a little catholic boy, but i'm still HLJC 4 LIFE! | ||||
| NewYorkDragons80 | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:57 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | I want one! I want one! Those fan things are awesome. Remember the Fan Man who landed in the boxing ring? I forget... Who was fighting that night? | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield and one of the bodyguards beat the living snot out of him | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 3:10 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Serves that cheese-eating surrender monkey right If I ever had twins I'd use one for parts | ||||
| danked Dankarella! | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 4:05 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | quote: he was french and black?  | ||||
| Shelle Bink True star of the celebrity softball game: the redhead in section 101. | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 4:13 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | Thanks babe for crediting me...quote: Doc, been watching the Simpsons lately?  WOWing Gets You Things... | ||||
| I Rooned It | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 10:40 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | I saw on the news Guliani refering to him as an idiot. You know that's pretty fucking bad when Lord Combover insults you. You Give Me Head, It Makes it Worse. Take out Your Fucking Retainer, put it in Your Purse. ---Jello Biafra | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 10:58 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | Reports claim that he disturbed a confrontation between a man with a pompadour and a guy with a purple helmet.  The narrator in Fight Club is the man we will be, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is the man we want to be Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Brittny | ||||
| jumper | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 11:26 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Apr. 01 | he's very lucky that he didn't end up dead (knock on wood) or hurt.  Thanks to Austin for the sig. | ||||
| RottenVinny I have no fucking clue what happened to Sluggo667. VinnyWS6: chicks? they dont have the penis so why would i care about them VinnyWS6: froy is quite hansome VinnyWS6: I want froys cock! | posted on 08-24-2001 @ 12:01 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | "he was french and black?" Ahhhh.... Ding Ding <"http://www.vatican.rotten.com/triggerlocks/URL"> | ||||
| 2 tired 2 give N F One of the Teen Tomatoe Boys is Retarted... Guess which one I am!!! | posted on 08-24-2001 @ 1:56 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | Here's the video Dumbass  When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain, Before high-piled books, in charactery, Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain; When I behold, upon the night's starred face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance, And when I feel, fair creature of a hour, That I shall never look upon thee more, Never have relish in the fairy power Of unreflecting love--then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love and fame to nothingness do sink. --Keats | ||||
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