Apparent suicidal jump sends man to ICU.Byline: Rebecca Taylor Rebecca Taylor (c. 1969–) is a New Zealand-born fashion designer based in New York, New York, U.S.. To Americans, she is probably the most famous New Zealand designer, with her label at US and European department stores. Her retail outlets include boutiques in Japan. The Register-Guard A Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). man survived an 85-foot fall from a construction crane in downtown Eugene during an apparent suicide attempt suicide attempt, suicide bid n → intento de suicidio suicide attempt, suicide bid n → tentative f de suicide Thursday morning. The man had tied a rope around his neck and wrapped a U.S. flag around his shoulders like a cape, Eugene police said. As people below watched, he climbed through the bars of the crane arm and hung by his hands for about a minute before letting go, police said. The rope snapped and he plunged toward the ground. He crashed through plywood supported about 12 feet above the ground, then fell onto gravel, police said. He somehow avoided hitting the metal rebar re·bar n. 1. A rod or bar used for reinforcement in concrete or asphalt pourings. 2. A group of such rods forming a grid. [re(inforcing) bar.] and concrete posts that spike the site. Seth Austin Casson, 33, was conscious when emergency workers reached him. He underwent surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
"The plywood must have absorbed some of the impact," Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda Kletzok said. "It's amazing, because just the hanging is usually fatal, and then the fall - he was very, very fortunate." At the site, police found notes in which Casson had written of his intention to take his own life, Kletzok said. Police said he broke into the work site on West Eighth Avenue between Charnelton and Lincoln streets early Thursday morning, where crews from Gale Roberts Construction are building a 102-unit affordable housing complex called WestTown on 8th. Casson is not an employee of the company. The project foreman arrived at the site about 6:30 a.m. and saw the man wrapped in the flag atop the crane. The foreman called 911. The police crisis negotiation team was preparing to go up on a fire department ladder truck to speak with Casson when he put the noose around his neck, maneuvered through the bars, hung from his hands and fell. Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts (born December 12, 1964 in Liverpool, England) is a famous British streaker who has run naked during several , part-owner of the construction company, said burglars had cut through a 6-foot chain-link fence and broke down plywood entry doors overnight to steal copper wire from the site. He said Casson must have entered the same way after the thieves left. The man then scaled a 6-foot fence around the base of the crane, Roberts said. The plywood deck he fell through was supported by metal bracing, which bent from the impact, Roberts said. Crews were planning to pour a concrete slab Concrete slab A shallow, reinforced-concrete structural member that is very wide compared with depth. Spanning between beams, girders, or columns, slabs are used for floors, roofs, and bridge decks. there in coming days. "Somebody was definitely looking out for him," said Roberts, who witnessed the man's fall. Crews were sent home Thursday and the work site was closed down for the day to allow workers a chance to regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. , he said. The company will hold a meeting this morning to see if any workers need professional support. |
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