It's raining body parts in Long Island!

MTK · 06-08-2005, 11:49 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-271169c.html

A man's severed leg - with a white Adidas sneaker still attached - plummeted from the sky onto a garage roof and bounced into the backyard of a Long Island home yesterday morning.

Pam Hearne heard "a very loud bang" outside her family's South Floral Park house at 7a.m., but thought little of it and went to work.

It wasn't until she got back home at 10:30 a.m. that she noticed something bizarre out her window.

"There was a human body part back there," she said. "It was rather large."

The leg, hip and chunk of torso apparently fell from the wheel well of a South African jetliner about to land at Kennedy Airport.

When Hearne first saw the leg in the grass, it didn't look real. But authorities assured the special education teacher it wasn't a "cruel joke."

"It was very blackened, as if it had been charred," she said.

The victim, apparently a stowaway, likely crawled into the wheel well of the South African Airways jet in Dakar, Senegal, authorities said.

After taking off from Dakar at 11:40 p.m. New York time, the pilot felt some unusual vibrations. But a diagnostic check turned up nothing unusual, and the flight continued to Queens, said Nassau Police Detective Lt. Kevin Smith.

A customs inspector discovered more human remains - including another leg - in the wheel well after the jet landed, said Port Authority spokesman Tony Ciavolella.

"The body was badly battered, the clothing shredded," Smith said. "And the plane was battered from the body parts."

Floral Park is about 5-1/2 miles from Kennedy - just the spot where a pilot would likely lower the landing gear.

The cause of death was under investigation, pending a medical examiner's report, Ciavolella said.

There have been several cases of airplane stowaways being killed by the extreme cold at high altitude or crushed to death inside aircraft wheel wells.

The landing gear rotates inward as the wheels retract and outward for landing. It was unclear how far the leg fell but the impact dented the shingled roof of the garage.

"I guess it was some poor soul who dreamed to look for his freedom," Hearne said. "I'm hoping he wasn't in much pain."

"He took a chance and he lost," said Anthony Coetzee, 43, of South Africa, who was waiting for a flight home yesterday.

The South African Airways flight to Johannesburg was canceled yesterday. A letter distributed to passengers by the airline made no mention of the body. It simply said that the jet needed to be repaired because of "some damage to the fuselage."

skinsguy · 06-08-2005, 04:17 PM

Ouch! I wonder what caused this man to come unglued?

Sorry...that wasn't right! :-P

TheMalcolmConnection · 06-08-2005, 05:33 PM

Maybe the plane wheel up his ass? LOL

skinsguy · 06-08-2005, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Maybe the plane wheel up his ass? LOL

That's only a guess though!

skinsguy · 06-08-2005, 07:57 PM

Which brings me to my next point!

Kids, don't do drugs! :-P

Gmanc711 · 06-08-2005, 08:45 PM

7 am to 10:30 am??? Thats a pretty nice workday.

TheMalcolmConnection · 06-08-2005, 08:51 PM

Good observation! I didn't even notice that. LOL

That Guy · 06-08-2005, 10:06 PM

i thought the guy crossing the canadian/US border with nkive, machetes, brass knuckles and a bloody chainsaw was even weirder... obviously he had just come back from a zombie killing rampage.

06-08-2005, 11:49 AM	#1
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NY Age: 52 Posts: 99,462	It's raining body parts in Long Island! http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-271169c.html A man's severed leg - with a white Adidas sneaker still attached - plummeted from the sky onto a garage roof and bounced into the backyard of a Long Island home yesterday morning. Pam Hearne heard "a very loud bang" outside her family's South Floral Park house at 7a.m., but thought little of it and went to work. It wasn't until she got back home at 10:30 a.m. that she noticed something bizarre out her window. "There was a human body part back there," she said. "It was rather large." The leg, hip and chunk of torso apparently fell from the wheel well of a South African jetliner about to land at Kennedy Airport. When Hearne first saw the leg in the grass, it didn't look real. But authorities assured the special education teacher it wasn't a "cruel joke." "It was very blackened, as if it had been charred," she said. The victim, apparently a stowaway, likely crawled into the wheel well of the South African Airways jet in Dakar, Senegal, authorities said. After taking off from Dakar at 11:40 p.m. New York time, the pilot felt some unusual vibrations. But a diagnostic check turned up nothing unusual, and the flight continued to Queens, said Nassau Police Detective Lt. Kevin Smith. A customs inspector discovered more human remains - including another leg - in the wheel well after the jet landed, said Port Authority spokesman Tony Ciavolella. "The body was badly battered, the clothing shredded," Smith said. "And the plane was battered from the body parts." Floral Park is about 5-1/2 miles from Kennedy - just the spot where a pilot would likely lower the landing gear. The cause of death was under investigation, pending a medical examiner's report, Ciavolella said. There have been several cases of airplane stowaways being killed by the extreme cold at high altitude or crushed to death inside aircraft wheel wells. The landing gear rotates inward as the wheels retract and outward for landing. It was unclear how far the leg fell but the impact dented the shingled roof of the garage. "I guess it was some poor soul who dreamed to look for his freedom," Hearne said. "I'm hoping he wasn't in much pain." "He took a chance and he lost," said Anthony Coetzee, 43, of South Africa, who was waiting for a flight home yesterday. The South African Airways flight to Johannesburg was canceled yesterday. A letter distributed to passengers by the airline made no mention of the body. It simply said that the jet needed to be repaired because of "some damage to the fuselage." __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

06-08-2005, 04:17 PM	#2
skinsguy Pro Bowl Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Posts: 6,766	Re: It's raining body parts in Long Island! Ouch! I wonder what caused this man to come unglued? Sorry...that wasn't right! :-P __________________ "Fire Up That Diesel!"

06-08-2005, 05:33 PM	#3
TheMalcolmConnection I like big (_\|_)s. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lexington, Virginia Age: 43 Posts: 19,225	Re: It's raining body parts in Long Island! Maybe the plane wheel up his ass? LOL __________________ Regret nothing. At one time it was exactly what you wanted.

06-08-2005, 07:57 PM	#5
skinsguy Pro Bowl Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Posts: 6,766	Re: It's raining body parts in Long Island! Which brings me to my next point! Kids, don't do drugs! :-P __________________ "Fire Up That Diesel!"

06-08-2005, 08:45 PM	#6
Gmanc711 Thank You, Sean. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Age: 39 Posts: 7,506	Re: It's raining body parts in Long Island! 7 am to 10:30 am??? Thats a pretty nice workday. __________________ #21

06-08-2005, 08:51 PM	#7
TheMalcolmConnection I like big (_\|_)s. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lexington, Virginia Age: 43 Posts: 19,225	Re: It's raining body parts in Long Island! Good observation! I didn't even notice that. LOL __________________ Regret nothing. At one time it was exactly what you wanted.

06-08-2005, 10:06 PM	#8
That Guy Living Legend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: VA Age: 42 Posts: 17,553	Re: It's raining body parts in Long Island! i thought the guy crossing the canadian/US border with nkive, machetes, brass knuckles and a bloody chainsaw was even weirder... obviously he had just come back from a zombie killing rampage.

It's raining body parts in Long Island!

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