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11-23-2009, 03:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: VA Beach | | | Local kid got caught in and killed by a wood chipper today
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http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-lo...,1521200.story
Poquoson is about 45 minutes-1 hour away from me
That probably has to be the worst way to die on the planet, and at 14 years old after losing both his parents. Mojo to his family and friends...
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POQUOSON - A 14-year-old Poquoson boy died on Sunday afternoon when he was pulled into a wood chipper while working on storm cleanup.
Frank Anthony Gornick died at the scene on Wagner Road. His name was released to the media this afternoon after police finished notifying his family members, most of whom live outside of the area. A Facebook page in his memory had more than 600 "fans" by noon today.
Gornick was an Honor Roll student and a member of the junior varsity football team at Poquoson High School, according to Principal Bernie Wright.
"He was a young man that was very well-liked and respected in the school and the community," Wright said. "I heard today that many students expressed their feelings of Frank as someone they felt comfortable going to for advice when they had problems. I would like to say he'll be missed by all the students and staff at PHS."
Gornick was working at a location on Wagner Road, using a shovel to load tree limbs and debris into the hopper of a wood chipper. His shovel got caught in the blades of the chipper and pulled him into the hopper, where he died instantly..
Grief counselors are at the high school and middle school in Poquoson today.
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11-23-2009, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belgium | | server seems down or I can't acces that link
any chance of posting the article?
Having worked in heavy industry, I have seen 3 horrific deaths and several bad accidents with injuries. 
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11-23-2009, 04:07 PM
|  | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | well, in all grisly honesty, it was probably over in a few seconds... hopefully he went in headfirst.
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11-23-2009, 04:12 PM
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11-23-2009, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | Man, that's grisly as hell but "died instantly" doesn't sound so bad. I mean, it still sucks, but not as bad as going in feet first.
Fargo, anyone?
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11-23-2009, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by doctorjazz Man, that's grisly as hell but "died instantly" doesn't sound so bad. I mean, it still sucks, but not as bad as going in feet first.
Fargo, anyone? | I was thinking Rumble in the Bronx, but ya
he had recently become an orphan as well... |
11-23-2009, 04:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Plains, Missouri | | Holy War you seem to always post sad news stories |
11-23-2009, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 He'll be on a future episode of 1,000 Ways to Die.
-Mike | I think they already did.
Poor kid. |
11-23-2009, 04:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Somewhere in Canada | | | What a horrible way to go...
As some said above, hopefully it was instant rather than having to suffer through that, but still...brutal..
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11-23-2009, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by liljawn Holy War you seem to always post sad news stories | I dont remember posting anything else sad, but I could be mistaken. Sorry if I upset you, honest. |
11-23-2009, 05:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, KY | | | That's absolutely awful.... poor kid. I cannot imagine actually witnessing something like that. You would surely never be the same.
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