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Jonesie
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| Quote: | PARIS, France (AP) -- A Norwegian man was killed after jumping from the Eiffel Tower when a parachute he was wearing got stuck on an upper deck of the monument, officials said Tuesday.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the man planned to film his jump as part of publicity for a Norwegian clothing brand, police said.
The man, 31, entered the tower on Monday evening with a hidden parachute and a helmet that had a small video camera attached to it, said the official at Paris' police headquarters.
Upon reaching the Eiffel Tower's 115-meter-high (380-foot-high) second deck, the man jumped. Investigators believe his parachute got caught in the tower's structure, causing it to detach from his body.
He continued his fall without the parachute, crashing onto the 55-meter-high (182-foot-high) first deck of the famous Paris landmark, according to police and an official for SNTE, the company that manages the Eiffel Tower
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yeah that sucks!
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Mr. Top Hat
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| Posted: May 17, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| natural selection........................... |
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ZoSo
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| Posted: May 17, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| And the Darwin Award goes to... |
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pipo
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| Posted: May 17, 2005 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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ive been on the eifel tower  |
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TYLER**
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| Posted: May 17, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| wait i think i get the darwin award now.........hahaha awesome |
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