Was it just my wife and me, or was the BASE jumper story last night the funniest local news piece in a while? I don’t think print reports do it justice; to really get the local flavor of this story of a daredevil yahoo jumping off a TV tower and getting stuck on his parachute about 200 feet up, you had to see Miguel Almaguer reporting live from the scene for the 10:00 news on WB58. (Was it a slow night for TV or what? We actually found ourselves watching “Joey” for like 5 minutes. We were eating May Flower at the time so our hands were occupied.)
Unfortunately the video clip on wb58tv.com does not contain video of Almaguer with his makeshift model of the tower and the guide wires that the jumper was caught on, which he used to demonstrate the different scenarios firefighters were considering for freeing the idiot. He did not, unfortunately, use a GI Joe figurine to stand in for the nimrod, who has titanium rods in his legs from a previous unsuccessful jump. Dumbass.
And yes, you’ll notice this gets filed under Crime, because in all their attempts to portray the gravity of the situation and the heroic efforts of the fire crews, basically every news outfit downplayed the fact that as soon as the jackhole was freed he was booked on misdemeanor charges. I think the news should have taken a cue from the MLB who takes efforts not to broadcast shots of asshats running onto the field, so as to deter limelight-seeking dipwads. Although you always seemed to see Morganna…
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It was AWESOME! I say happy birthday to that guy who, pitifully, was celebrating turning 41 years old. You’re a man-cub dude. Time to get a grip. The thing I most enjoyed is that he totally copped attitude with the firefighters who basically needed engineering degrees to get him down from there. What the hell? I know there’s some sort of a joke to be made here about SquirtyTip’s real name being the name of the guy in this story but, alas, I’m too lazy to look it up and (surprise) it didn’t immediately appear on the home page of the Sac Bee.
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I’m happy to announce that I’m safe at home after an interesting night in the pokey (Ah! THAT’S why they call it that!). HayMeg is welcome to come on the next BASE jump if she’s got the cahones.
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It was so AWESOME! He was classic Sacramento and a fine example of our neighbors. I love that KCRA kept running it on the crawl this morning as well. Kept it in the forefront for all to see.
I think when idiots pull stunts like this we should be allowed to assemble below and throw rocks (or whatever) at them.
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