Eight dead as canoeists sucked into turbines

Quote :

"Slovenian TV journalist Goran Rovan, who had been in one of the safe canoes, told the state-run news agency STA that the other canoes capsized and broke apart when they hit the whitewater passing through the dam gates. The occupants fell into the river and were sucked by the rapids into the underwater tunnel leading to the generator turbines. The mayor of the local town, who also is a member of parliament, was reportedly among the victims. "

what the fuck were they thinking?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/04/slovenia.canoe.ap/index.html

7/5/2008 11:43:47 AM

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7/5/2008 11:52:05 AM

paint the canoe black, then it will never tip.

7/5/2008 12:00:19 PM

^bahahahaha

7/5/2008 12:24:09 PM

oh my, thats awful.

7/5/2008 12:25:03 PM

this thread has inspired me

i dont read cnn on saturday morning, maybe i'm not almost 30

7/5/2008 12:26:07 PM

7/5/2008 12:27:51 PM

i did not even get that joke until i saw that pic and went back to look

im proud of myself

7/5/2008 12:28:39 PM

Quote :

"The trip -- ominously dubbed "The Final Descent" -- was organized by local officials and all participants were Slovenians. "

Quote :

"The Slovenian parliament canceled its Friday session. A member of parliament was reported to be among the victims."

Haha, apparently it was state sponsored.

7/5/2008 12:32:23 PM

how technologically inept are the slovenians? can't even put screens over their water intakes?

7/5/2008 12:49:49 PM

7/5/2008 1:38:55 PM

a screen would have just ensured they were stuck to it and drowned

dead is dead

there's no coming back

7/5/2008 1:50:58 PM