09-06-2003 14:34									#1
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2974342.stm

quote: A British five-year-old girl has been killed after being swept away by a helium balloon in Germany. Her body was found two hours later near the balloon, 40 miles (70km) away. The freak accident happened when the girl became entangled in the mooring ropes of the balloon as it was taken by high winds. It was about to be used for fun rides at a British military show at Rheindalen, near Moenchengladbach in western Germany. British military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Helen Wildman said the plan was to lift people up and down with the balloon tethered to a rope on a hot, sunny day. She told BBC Radio 5 Live: "The weather was very nice but suddenly it changed and it became extremely stormy. "The balloon broke away from the rope and flew away. "Unfortunately, the rope got tangled with a five-year-old girl and dragged her away with the balloon. "She was lifted in the air." A search was immediately launched by German authorities and British military police. "They began by searching the immediate local area around the showground and were extending it further when they received a call from the police in Hamminkeln, near Wesel, to say that they had discovered the balloon and the body of a young girl." An investigation into the accident is under way.

Poor kid.

	09-06-2003 14:42									#2
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However, it could have been worse. She could have had her brain eaten by a baboon.

	09-06-2003 15:35									#3
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet However, it could have been worse. She could have had her brain eaten by a baboon.

Probably a quicker way to die than a 40 mile flight with no parachute. Just as devastating for the family though.

	09-06-2003 20:06									#4
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OMG

	09-06-2003 21:10									#5
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this and the baboon story have made me really wonder about this world

	09-06-2003 21:13									#6
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yeah, she flew 50 km

so she was a brit girl?

	09-06-2003 21:18									#7
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Ecthelion (nice troll though..bound to get a big response)

quote: this and the baboon story have made me really wonder about this world

That is it random and that your life keep going only becuase of a huge set of possible ways it could end simply have not come to pass?

Well, yeah, that is the world.

	09-06-2003 21:24									#8
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What is this, "Horrible Things Happen To Children" day?

	09-06-2003 21:24									#9
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I wonder how she died? Unlikely that she fell, if she was found near where the balloon landed.

Asphyxiation or hypothermia? Would it go that high?

	09-06-2003 21:26									#10
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Maybe after she crashed her brain was eaten by a baboon. Did they notice any marks on her, or the lack of a head?

	09-06-2003 21:31									#11
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Maybe after she crashed her brain was eaten by a baboon. Did they notice any marks on her, or the lack of a head?

	09-06-2003 21:41									#12
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That there must be a God, because dumb fate hasn't got the imagination for that sh!t.

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mrmitchell

	09-06-2003 23:00									#14
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mrmitchell, I just had something similar in mind

but don't you feel ashamed?

	10-06-2003 01:43									#15
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quote: I wonder how she died? Unlikely that she fell, if she was found near where the balloon landed. Asphyxiation or hypothermia? Would it go that high?

Perhaps the rope got tangled around her neck or something. If that's the case she could have died very soon after she left the ground. Which I suppose is better than being carried for forty miles, but not by much.

	10-06-2003 02:23									#16
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Poor kid.

	10-06-2003 02:31									#17
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just to calm those down that took offense at my remark - this story did turn my stomach around the moment I read it first... it was just old news when this thread was opened ...

	10-06-2003 03:38									#18
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I laughed really hard when I saw the thread title. Then I realized she died

	10-06-2003 03:40									#19
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Ahem. I won't laugh. I. Won't. Laugh.

	10-06-2003 03:43									#20
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Anyone read Enduring Love by Ian "Lucipher" McEwan?

If you have, you'll realise this isnt spam!

	10-06-2003 03:49									#21
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And if it is, I'm fine with it

	10-06-2003 04:20									#22
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Aww... sad.

And the trolls can keep their mouths closed for once.

	10-06-2003 05:12									#23
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I agree

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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf I laughed really hard when I saw the thread title. Then I realized she died

Actually, I did the same thing...

	10-06-2003 05:13									#25
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quote: Originally posted by MRT144 this and the baboon story have made me really wonder about this world

This and the baboon story make me wonder about Apolyton.

What are we, the Weekly World News?

	10-06-2003 05:15									#26
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I second Monk. Sh!t like this happens every day, anyway. Today is just the day we actually care.

	10-06-2003 05:16									#27
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If I could find the link, I'd post the story I read recently about the woman in the Congo was beaten to death with her own baby. Cheery way to start the morning.

	10-06-2003 05:20									#29
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Yes, that was about how I looked when I read the story. A coworker asked me if anything was wrong, and when I asked her why, she said I had been audibly growling for two minutes.