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Florida man takes 50-foot dive for $20
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| grooviebeats |
| quote: | PALMETTO, Florida (AP) -- Mark Giorgio figured a 50-foot plunge was worth $20. Giorgio, 47, was counting his money and walking across the U.S. 41 bridge over the Manatee River Monday when a $20 bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail.
He followed. And plummeted 50 feet into the river. Then he swam about 100 yards to fish the bill from the water.
"I got my money back, hell yeah," Giorgio told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "Twenty bucks is a lot of money when you're broke."
He was fished from the water by a passing Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer.
Giorgio, who said he was already suffering from a broken collarbone, refused treatment for cuts and scrapes he suffered in the fall.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/20/chasingmoney.ap/index.html
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this begs the question would you jump off a bridge if your 20 bucks flew out of your hand? |
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| pvdAngel |
| quote: | Originally posted by mellow_head
No. |
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| StanVoid |
| tell me kids! you ever suck ****, for marijuana?! |
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| Moral Hazard |
| what the is wrong with people in florida. |
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| Ygrene |
| How does one get cut and scraped when they jump into water? :conf: |
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| Inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
How does one get cut and scraped when they jump into water? :conf: |
papercuts? |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
"I got my money back, hell yeah," Giorgio told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
that made me lol. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inconspicuous
papercuts? |
So you are saying that when he jumped in the water to save his 20 dollar bill, it cut him?
What an ungrateful bastard! |
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| asfdz |
| quote: | Originally posted by grooviebeats
this begs the question would you jump off a bridge if your 20 bucks flew out of your hand? |
lol
I've jumped off bridges higher than that....for no money :(
Only way I'd jump after 20$ is if I knew it was safe and people have jumped in before |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
How does one get cut and scraped when they jump into water? :conf: |
When one falls 50 feet into water they tend to go beneith the surface for some distance.... say 10-15 feet. If the river is not as deep as the distance one would normally travel through water when one impacts it at such a velocity then it is quite understandable this person would be injured. |
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