Firefighters get electrocuted during Ice Bucket Challenge

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SirEvelynTremble: Dec 25, 2013; FUCK YOU HITLER
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Four firefighters were shocked by a nearby power line on Thursday in the process of helping students at Campbellsville University participate in the 'Ice Bucket Challenge,' a social media-fueled fundraiser for ALS research.

Two of the Kentucky firefighters on the ladder of a fire truck used to dump water on the students had to be airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital to be treated for severe burns. The first, Capt. Tony Grider, is in critical condition, according to WHAS11, while the other, Simon Quinn, has been "upgraded from serious to fair condition."

"[It] appears energy arced over and ladder didn't actually hit lines. If you get within certain radius that can happen," officials said Thursday.

Two other firefighters were also shocked by electricity that traveled down the ladder.

"From talking with power company technicians, if you get within a distance of three or four feet, the energy that surrounds the high-voltage wire will actually arc over onto another object, in this case being the personnel occupying the bucket,� Campbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette told WAVE.

I'm thinking of starting a Gofundme campaign for those poor emergency servicers who fell down in the line of duty

alternately, loving lol

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SirEvelynTremble: Dec 25, 2013; FUCK YOU HITLER
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You don't fight fire with fire: you fight fire with water : except when it's an electrical fire

For safety reasons they shoulda done the CO2 Bucket Challenge

# ¿ Aug 23, 2014 05:53

SirEvelynTremble: Dec 25, 2013; FUCK YOU HITLER
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Prettz posted:

There's a big thing now to put hardcore porn on youtube disguised as ice bucket challenges, so that's definitely a positive outcome.

Yeah but Google is beta testing pussy-titty-cock-snitch which identifies porn as soon as it uploaded to youtube. Like facial recognition but with genitalia

# ¿ Aug 23, 2014 06:11