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------------------------------------------------------- Father and Son Drown in Eudora

(posted 12/09/2003 at 05:59 PM) A man and his son drowned Monday night after the son tried to drown their dog. It happened near the city of Eudora, just outside of city limits. Police say the son fell into a pit full of water inside an old cotton gin and the father went in after him.

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Submitted on 12/10/2003

Submitted by: Jeff Crawford
Reference: KATV Channel 7 website, 12/10/

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Daniel said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Good dog! Anyone who fights pitbulls & then tries to drown the old ones deserves this outcome, I'm not sure about a DA, though.

Charles said:
Definitely Toss: Bystanders Hurt
We rather tend to disapprove of deaths of rescuers, who are for all intents and purposes innocent bystanders.

Glen said:
Neutral: Bystanders Hurt
What a good dog! agree with daniel and charles - sons father a bystander but having a hazardous enclosed space filled with god knows what is a recipe for trajegy however I believe the son deserves a darwin and even though the father was drowned

Teela said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
And the dog is fine as well.

Jack said:
Definitely Toss: Other
I'm going to have to go with Charles on this one - rescuers dying while trying to aid others are both too common and we've generally regarded them as injured bystanders. In addition, while poetic justice this may be, neither poetic justice nor irony are sufficient for a Darwin Award. And - from my point of view - this is a multiple repeat. I guess that the website database is throwing up again ...

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