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This man was in a work related accident, so he filled out an insurance claim. The                        insurance company contacted him and asked for more information. This was his response: "I am                        writing in response to your request for additional information for block number 3 of the accident                        reporting form. I put 'poor planning' as the cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I                        should explain more fully and I trust the following detail will be sufficient. "I am an amateur radio                        operator and on the day of the accident, I was working alone on the top section of my new 80                        foot tower. When I had completed my work, I discovered that I had, over the course of several                        trips up the tower, brought up about 300 pounds of tools and spare hardware. Rather than carry                        the now un-needed tools and material down by hand, I decided to lower the items down in a                        small barrel by using a pulley, which was fortunately attached to the gin pole at the top of the                        tower. "Securing the rope at ground level, I went to the top of the tower and loaded the tools                        and material into the barrel. Then I went back to the ground and untied the rope, holding it                        tightly to ensure a slow descent of the 300 pounds of tools. You will note in block number 11 of                        the accident reporting form that I weigh only 155 pounds. Due to my surprise of being jerked off                        the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to                        say, I proceeded at a rather rapid rate of speed up the side of the tower. In the vicinity of the 40                        foot level, I met the barrel coming down. This explains my fractured skull and broken                        collarbone. "Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of                        my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately, by this time, I had regained                        my presence of mind and was able to hold onto the rope in spite of my pain. At approximately                        the same time, however, the barrel of tools hit the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel.                        Devoid of the weight of the tools, the barrel now weighed approximately 20 pounds. I refer you                        again to my weight in block number 11. "As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down                        the side of the tower. In the vicinity of the 40 foot level, I met the barrel coming up. This                        accounts for the two fractured ankles, and the lacerations of my legs and lower body. The                        encounter with the barrel slowed me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell onto the pile of                        tools, and fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, that as                        I lay there on the tools, in pain, unable to stand and watching the empty barrel 80 feet above me,                        I again lost my presence of mind. I let go of the rope...           1996 Darwin Winner (JATO)                        The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded into the side of a                        cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane                        crash, but it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. The lab finally figured out                        what it was and what had happened.                        It seems that a guy had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off - actually a                        solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport planes an extra "push" for taking off                        from short airfields. He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long,                        straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, got up some                        speed and fired off the JATO!                        The facts as best as coould be determined are that the operator of the 1967 Impala hit JATO                        ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from the crash site. This was established by the                        prominent scorched and melted asphalt at that location. The JATO, if operating properly, would                        have reached maximum thrust within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in                        excess of 350 mph and continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds. The driver,                        soon to be pilot, most likely would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting                        F-14 jocks under full afterburners, basically causing him to become insignificant for the                        remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained on the straight highway for about 2.5                        miles (15-20) seconds before the driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the                        tires and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for an                        additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet leaving a blackened crater                        3 feet deep in the rock.                        Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable; however, small fragments of bone, teeth and                        hair were extracted from the crater and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece                        of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.   The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for                        anyone detonating one within city limits.     Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head                        and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in                        the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling                        the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.