Charles Darwin's Darwin Awards 
HOME
Darwin Awards
Honorable Mentions
Urban Legends
Personal Accounts
Slush Pile
2007 October Slush
(DA) The Enema Within
(?) Man killed on I-880 held onto back
(DA) Elephants makes Journalist Squash
(DA) When You Guard, Dont Try To steal
(?) Breathalyser Game
(PA) Remember the Hindenburg
(DA) The Wrong Chin-Up Bar
Retired cop struck, killed by train
The Hitchhiker Who Became Roadkill
(?) light me, camera, action!
(DA) Ammo Dumps
Reverend's Odd Autoasphyxia
Lenoir Man Electrocuted
(?) I need it like a hook in the head
Hang on there!
Garden Gnomw
Dead man was in avocado tree for da
Second time unlucky
Grab a ride
“shredded hippy parts!”
Car kills two people fighting
Brilliant Example of Propane Safety
I threw a hatchet in the air,
Anti-Violence activist teen shot
Surf's Up
'Skylarking' man in undies falls ni
Smoking and Abiding Kills!!!!
A simple repair
Syphoning gas with vacuum cleaner
Crocodile Indeed
Newtons Other Laws
Man Stuck in Ex-Wife's Window Dies
oversized load kills man of 75.
Two women burned while huffing comp
Fighting man, woman killed on I-595
Forbidden Fruit
flammable fraud attempt
Body struck repeatedly on I-880
Dogs Shot man on hunting Trip
Burglar slashes own throat
Man accidently shoots himself in ba
Car Surfing
(DA) Fatal a-Traction
Dumped on while dumping
Car Capers
Pervert obsessed with bondage sex d
Theif struck by train
Coleman Stoves are for Outside Only
Gas station.. close call
A garage sale??
No flashlight? No Problem
Pheasant & Highway
Be gateful it's not you
Dying for a leak?
Wheelchair Whacko!
CVS--Crook Vent Stuck!
The invulnerable crossing guard
Tight Chimney
Malfunction Junction
2 Construction Workers Drown in Pon
Their truck was da bomb!
Tuck and Roll
Woman looses arm after a loin bite
Camouflage or not
Older Slush 
 
~ Randomizer ~
Newsletter
Gift Shop
Rules  Search
Contact Darwin
Submit a Story
Philosophy Forum
Home

  

Darwin Awards
2007 Slush Pile

This item was recently submitted by a reader.
Should I include it in the archive?
Vote to tell me what *you* think!

The Wrong Chin-Up Bar

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

This was taken from the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

18-year-old Westlake man dies after falling 11 stories Posted by Donna J. Miller October 10, 2007 08:00AM Categories: Breaking News

Lakewood -- An 18-year-old Westlake man visiting his girlfriend in Lakewood died Tuesday evening after falling from an 11th-floor balcony at the Envoy Condominiums on Lake Avenue at Hird Avenue. About 9:25 p.m., Adawi Najjar was hanging onto the balcony railing doing pull-ups, Capt. Edward Hassing said. He lost his grip and dropped, landing face down in a paved parking lot. The Cuyahoga County coroner will examine the body and rule whether the death was accidental.

- - -

11-story fall kills teen -- 11 Oct 2007

LAKEWOOD | An 18-year-old Westlake man visiting his girlfriend in Lakewood died Tuesday evening after falling from an 11th-floor balcony at the Envoy Condominiums at 11811 Lake Ave. About 9:25 p.m., Adawi Najjar was hanging onto the balcony railing doing pull-ups, police said. He lost his grip and dropped, landing face down in a paved parking lot. Najjar may have done pull-ups because he saw a friend do them earlier on the balcony, a police report said. The Cuyahoga County coroner will examine the body and rule whether the death was accidental.

Submitted on 10/10/2007

Submitted by: David
Reference: Cleveland Plain Dealer 10/10/07

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

Great? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Awful?
Love it! Hate it!
>> Moderator Scores <<

Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Pull ups 11 stories above the ground? Give the man an award! Thanks, David.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I can certainly think of better places to exercise... Thanks, David.


The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

$16 Smoking Crater T-Shirt / Black
Heavy 100% cotton, black Hanes Beefy-T with an inadvisable cigarette break on the front... a smoking crater on the back! Click on the image for a full view. Based on true stories. Errata: TNT will not explode in the presence of a lit cigarette. The man was actually sitting on a crate of gelignite.
Buy the Smoking Crater T-Shirt

 

Slush Pile
Slush Pile Rejects


Advanced Search

HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend