Plane and car accidents, Crime Scene Cleaners, KFC Bean Salad

Today's Striking Yet Truly Morbid Fact!

A skydiving cinematographer was killed in April 2005 after his legs were severed in a midair collision with the airplane he had jumped from. Albert "Gus" Wing III had already deployed his parachute Saturday when he struck the left wing of the DHC-6 Twin Otter propeller plane at about 600 feet. Both of Wing's legs were severed at the knees, but he managed to maneuver his parachute and land near the DeLand Airport, about 40 miles north of Orlando. He was airlifted to a hospital, where he later died. Fourteen other skydivers were in the air at the time of the accident. The plane landed safely.

Culled from: Associated Press
Generously submitted by: lefttwist

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I can't quite picture how this guy hit the plane after he deployed his parachute... unless the plane was actually gunning for him. I'd say this is a homicide, not an accident! And oh, what a long trip down that must have been...

Incidentally, I went skydiving once, and got a severe case of the dry heaves. That much excitement makes a Comtesse very, very ill!

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Morbid Link Du Jour!

The next time you need to clean up gore from your home, why not let the capable professionals at Crime Scene Cleaners do it for you? Hmmmm... I wonder if they have any job openings?

Thanks to Steve O. for the link.

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"My Brush With Morbidity" by Jonas

"My brush with morbidity happened when I was 9 years old. On my way to the school one sunny day, one of my friends came on his bike and a car came when we were almost at the school. The lady who was driving didn't see him, so she hit him, and he went under the car. Another friend of mine went for help and he was under the car, screaming for help. All we could see was his red hair... and hear him crying under the car.

"Imagine a car on top of one of your friends. One of the wheels were in the air, so his body had to have over a thousand kilos on top of him. Some teachers came over and were planning to lift the car up but he just said: 'NOOOO, you will kill me! DON'T!!'

"The paramedics came and got him to the hospital, and he went into a coma. He died a year ago."


KFC Bean Salad

1 16-oz can green beans (Blue Lake or some good quality)
1 16-oz can wax beans
1 16-oz can kidney beans
1 medium green pepper, sliced and chopped
1 medium-sized white onion sliced and cut up
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup cider vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Drain and rinse kidney beans well. Drain additional beans and combine all ingredients together. Marinate and refrigerate overnight. Bean salad tastes better after 3 or 4 days. Makes about 7 cups.