skypunk's video

[f1freak 0]

So did anyone else see skypunks last jump on tv last nite?
Messed up man.
"Listen dude; if you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here" T Sparks

[freeflir29 0]

Who sold it? I say we hunt them down......
"Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

[f1freak 0]

I was so pissed, how many people could have had access to it.
"Listen dude; if you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here" T Sparks

[PhreeZone 20]

What show was it on? If it was on one show.... I know who the buyer was, he posts on rec. looking for this stuff all the time.....
If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will....

[wildblue 7]

what show? footage from his camera?!
Dogs don't know it's not bacon!

[f1freak 0]

it was on our local news here in virginia beach. it was his cam.
"Listen dude; if you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here" T Sparks

[wildblue 7]

well that just seems way wrong. Shouldn't have been showed AND shouldn't have been sold.....
what does it have to do with virgina beach anyway?!
Dogs don't know it's not bacon!

[jtval 0]

that is SO uncool. I (as a skydiver)wouldnt want to see that why the hell would the whuffos want to see something like that.
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JT
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[skymama 37]

Unfortunately, the homicide detectives showed up at the dz the day Lee died. There was a video camera on the elevator at the antenna, so it was only a matter of time before they found out who else was involved. The others came forward and answered questions for the detectives. They had to turn over a copy of the video, because it was a homicide investigation and they were threatened with arrest. Then I guess the police decided it was ok to give it to the news stations.
Some or all of Lee's ashes (I'm not sure) will be spread out over Deland today. A fitting ending for a great guy.
Andrea
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I just might
Stop and check you out.

[freeflir29 0]

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because it was a homicide investigation and they were threatened with arrest

Thats when you sit back and say "I don't know nothin!" and "Charge me with something or STFU!" Those are my two favorites......I think a law suit against the police department might be in order as well. Them selling/releasing evidence is bullshit.
"Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

[jtval 0]

if in fact the PD(cops) DID sell the vid to the news OR even GIVE it to the newstation that is total BS! I am sure there is something that makes that illegal. especially if the next of kin weren't involved in selling "the evidence"
Life's a bitch, and I'm her Pimp!
JT
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[weid14 0]

Once it gets into the police hands, the media can get at it unless someone slaps a quick injunction on it (ala Dale Earnhart's autopsy photos). Somehow it becomes public domain, unfortunate as it is. Channel 13 in central florida now has the footage also -I just saw it.

[f1freak 0]

dont they also need the written consent of the others to use their faces on the air?
"Listen dude; if you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here" T Sparks

[f1freak 0]

sent you a email.
my pm's are not working
"Listen dude; if you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here" T Sparks

[PLFKING 4]

This is both sad and wrong. This "news with no concept of taste" attitude is what made me leave the news business years ago.
Unfortunately, it will never stop....too many people in the world are attracted to this kind of offal.
No offense intended to our friends here on the forums -- just a general rant.
Don

[SkyDekker 1,465]

Don,
Unfortunately I have to agree with you. People just love to watch things go wrong on tv. IMHO that is why people watch car racing, real tv, the guy who gets shot on the news, car chses etc etc. Very sad, but very true.......
SkyDekker
"We cannot do great things, only small things with great love" Mother Theresa

[BikerBabe 0]

weid, I'm interested to know how Channel 13 is spinning it...I was down at the tunnel when all this happened, and they came out to interview Craig Girard about BASE jumping. From all indications it was going to be somewhat positive, at least from the standpoint of wanting to inform the public about what BASE is, but it sounds like this is negative press all around.
They even invited the press to come to see Craig and Neal do a "legal" BASE jump off the Skycoaster. I don't know if they did, the jump was supposed to happen Monday night.

[f1freak 0]

i think they will spin in the way that gets them ratings
"Listen dude; if you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here" T Sparks

[bmcd308 0]

I do not know if you guys read it, but the original article in the Orlando Sentinel (and the one that appears on the website of the Orlando Sentinel) includes a remark by a detective about the "stupidity" of those involved. What do you think of editing that here? I actually think it is valuable to let people know the attitude that the cops have about the subjects they oversee.
Maybe I'm just reading too much into it, though.

[f1freak 0]

Ignorance is bliss.....
"Listen dude; if you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here" T Sparks

[weid14 0]

channel 13 was pretty matter of fact about it -- they were like you can clearly see the other jumper deploying his parachute, unfortunately, he [Lee] didn't deploy his in time. the video shows the exit, and the other jumper waving off, then they go on to something else. Kind of bothersome to me, but they didn't seem overly negative, just pretty monotone.

[f1freak 0]

Our news played the "reality tv" spin, our played the full jump. it was sad.
[red[If you’re into playin it close that’s cool, but we're talkin major malfunction here T Sparks

[skymama 37]

The piece they did on the local NBC news last night was actually pretty good. It wasn't really slanted in a bad way at all. It showed the other jumpers jumping off and one of them deploying. Then, it showed a bunch of fog, and right at the end if you were looking for it, you unfortunately saw the ground was pretty close.
Andrea
I'm high as a kite
I just might
Stop and check you out.

[wildblue 7]

They just played this on a Cincinnati station last night. They actually didn't do a real bad job. Although I don't think they should have played it at all, you see the fog, and right at the end you see the ground really close. They also did a pretty good "human interest" story - interviewing the people around here (Greensburg) that knew him. Yeah, they got a few things wrong, but it wasn't bad, considering.
Dogs don't know it's not bacon!

[jtval 0]

well I guess if they had to show it AND they did it without the SPIN, its a different vision then I would have expected from the media.

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