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arniejolt
11-25-2007, 05:28 PM
Sigh, that's the second recorded death the Wii has taken, this time it wasn't even intentional...
from NBC10.com (http://www.turnto10.com/northeast/jar/news.apx.-content-articles-JAR-2007-11-25-0001.html):

PROVIDENCE -- A happy occasion at the Dunkin' Donuts Center over the weekend has ended with a death.

A Scitutate teenager was visiting with a church group when he heard his name called in a raffle. As the boy walked down the steps to get his prize he collapsed.

The incident happened after the P-Bruins game against the Portland Pirates Friday night. The teen was attending an annual event where members of the church group gather at a P-Bruins game. The church group played some games on the ice late into the evening following the game, but officials said the boy did not participate in the games. The boy was a member of the Word of Life Fellowship.

Just before midnight, the 14-year-old boy was walking down from his seat to accept a raffle prize when he collapsed and fell through the door of a penalty box.

Tragically, the young man, who has not been identified by police, died a short time later at Hasbro Children's Hospital.

Lawrence Lepore, general manager of the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, told NBC 10’s Nicole Muri that that his heartfelt prayers go out to this boy's family, friends, and members of his church organization.

The medical examiner's office will determine the cause of death, but folks at the Dunkin' Donuts Center said he fell less than a foot and didn't have any visible wounds.


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IbanezBassist_v2
11-26-2007, 05:20 AM
Damn! This would have been so much funnier if it was a 360.

MidwestDrummer
11-26-2007, 05:51 AM
Damn! This would have been so much funnier if it was a 360.
You're an *******.

IbanezBassist_v2
11-26-2007, 05:55 AM
You're an *******.

Why thank you.

jq715861
11-26-2007, 05:56 AM
Damn! This would have been so much funnier if it was a 360.

I chuckled. Then felt bad.

Zookey
11-26-2007, 06:15 AM
You're an *******.

no lie dude--are you just flaming? A poor kid lost his life and all you can do is wrestle it into console wars?
WTF?

Eastwood
11-26-2007, 06:42 AM
no lie dude--are you just flaming? A poor kid lost his life and all you can do is wrestle it into console wars?
WTF?

Zookey, meet Ibanezbassist... It takes awhile to learn when he is serious and when he is just mucking around.

IbanezBassist_v2
11-26-2007, 07:56 AM
Heh heh heh.....

dacat
11-26-2007, 08:08 AM
I hate to say it but I chuckled too... why is that funny??

Julio_No_Mas
11-26-2007, 08:12 AM
Damn! This would have been so much funnier if it was a 360.

**** you, dude. You call that a sense of humor?

Zookey
11-26-2007, 08:22 AM
Yeah sorry, there is humor, then there is edgy humor, then finally there is crap that isn't funny--that definitely falls in the third catagory man----

IbanezBassist_v2
11-26-2007, 08:54 AM
I chuckled. Then felt bad.


I hate to say it but I chuckled too... why is that funny??


Yeah sorry, there is humor, then there is edgy humor, then finally there is crap that isn't funny--that definitely falls in the third catagory man----

Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks it was funny. Get over it you whiny whore.

Manda
11-26-2007, 09:03 AM
Can't say I found your comment funny... but I don't find it offensive either.

Anyway - I was wondering what the article had to do with the Wii, it doesn't even mention it.

jq715861
11-26-2007, 09:05 AM
Can't say I found your comment funny... but I don't find it offensive either.

Anyway - I was wondering what the article had to do with the Wii, it doesn't even mention it.

He was coming down because he won a free Wii, I believe.

This has been all over the news since I live only 20 minutes from Providence and go to "The Dunk" as it's called around here to see P-Bruins games a couple times a year.

Rock_Starman
11-26-2007, 09:23 AM
That's the second time someone died after winning a Wii.

SmokaCola
11-26-2007, 09:40 AM
COME AND GET YOUR PRIZE, YOU WON A WII!!!

-Kids mind-
Holy sh*t holy sh*t I just got a Wii omg, So lets see first I'll play zelda and then all my frie...wait I don't have any friends SH*T! Oh well, at l...I feel...funny...BLARGHHHHHHHHHH
-Collapse-

HOLY CRAP!... HE COLLAPSED!

-Another Kid-

Hey... So like, do we draw again? I want a Wii and I didn't like that kid anyway...

-END-


Man... Honestly, that's funny if he died of a heart attack winning a Wii. Hate me, love me for that comment. But dieing because you won something is always funny, Unless you win an award for most STDs, was bound to happen anyway...

On the other hand if he dies from some kind of medical condition... Wait I didn't even know that kid, Sorry guys but honestly. I don't care.

jq715861
11-26-2007, 09:43 AM
COME AND GET YOUR PRIZE, YOU WON A WII!!!

-Kids mind-
Holy sh*t holy sh*t I just got a Wii omg, So lets see first I'll play zelda and then all my frie...wait I don't have any friends SH*T! Oh well, at l...I feel...funny...BLARGHHHHHHHHHH
-Collapse-

HOLY CRAP!... HE COLLAPSED!

This is actually how all "House" episodes seem to start off.

Julio_No_Mas
11-26-2007, 10:31 AM
This is actually how all "House" episodes seem to start off.

It's not lupus.

sushi111
11-26-2007, 11:21 AM
Damn! This would have been so much funnier if it was a 360.

RED RING O' DEATH!

But seriously thats horrible, my thoughts are with his family.

cuBERT
11-26-2007, 12:11 PM
DONT PANIC!!!!!

ThePaska
11-27-2007, 12:21 AM
Damn! This would have been so much funnier if it was a 360.

At least it wasn't a PS3, that would just be depressing, who would get that excited for a PS3?

beerman
11-27-2007, 02:38 AM
Damn! This would have been so much funnier if it was aids.
Fixed. :D