SFist: Fell Street Free Fall

clockmaster

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:39:58 -0800

Was a story about this published anywhere?

donner

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:49:08 -0800

Mr. Keeling- I hardly find your phrase "enjoy these harrowing scenes of the scene" enjoyable. Someone fell through a windshield and you're hoping we enjoy it? Perhaps you were trying to be clever? Hardly. More like revolting.

SYFer

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:41:33 -0800

That "popular prick" ad banner above this story (not always there, but a refresh will probably bring it) links to an odd and aggressive pitch for a self-help book for "losers." This is one of the creepiest uses of keyword ad placement I've seen to date. He seems to use keywords like "suicidal" and "aspergers" (I googled). Obviously this is the way modern advertising works and it can be very efficient, but it kind of serves as an even more cynical layer on top of this already somewhat gratuitous story. Seems kind of Neal Stephensonesque.

gwschulz

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:25:06 -0800

Actually, DJBurrito, most folks are surprised to learn what emergency personnel DON'T clean up from an incident scene. Many, many families have horrifyingly learned this the hard way. There's a nonprofit in the East Bay trying to offer site clean-up from violent incidents for little or no cost to people who can't afford it, but they're a small group.

hubcap

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:14:28 -0800

this thread has some cold shit. props.

Oznog

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:30:51 -0800

*golf clap for theo*

bluecanary

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:29:15 -0800

theo, you are on fire today.

theo

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:09:19 -0800

Upset about proposition Haight, he Fell off the roof and hit an Oak on the way down. Now he's on the front Page. Oznog's comment suggests it's not possible to make bad puns and also feel sympathy for the guy, but in my opinion, you can Duboce.

kainoa

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:08:10 -0800

I find this all together icky... And I'm with RobinSF. Pills. At home. In the dark. After a bottle of expensive merlot while listening to Eliott Smith. Right?

TheCharlie

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:59:46 -0800

This is sad, but wow.

RobInSF

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:53:58 -0800

Whatever happened to just staying home and quietly swallowing a bottle of pills? Hope the person in question gets the proper treatment. It's rough out there these days.

bluecanary

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:52:50 -0800

@zstone: if one must kill oneself, then one should be considerate and do it in private. Why jump off something and risk injuring an innocent person/ruining someone's property/surviving but now maimed or disfigured? No sympathy for public suicide attempts (not saying that's what happened here, maybe he fell), I'm just saying in general.

murphstahoe

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:50:25 -0800

Caltrain works better for this sort of thing, but this only inconvenienced a few people.

zstone

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:47:59 -0800

AIDS is relevant because of the blood on the car, @kmsinsf. Also, if you're planning on killing yourself by jumping off a building, which I hope you don't and that this man didn't, go at least ten stories up. You have a much better chance of reaching your maximum velocity.

withak

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:45:35 -0800

I think the AIDS comment in the note was to let the owner of the car know not to rub the fresh blood into any open wounds he might have.

Cement Brunette

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:38:46 -0800

it's San Francisco. Who doesn't have AIDS. Geesh. I think he has much worse problems now.

kmsinsf

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:32:51 -0800

I have so many questions! Who wrote the note, how is having AIDS relevant and is that true? I'm confused.

DJBurrito

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:31:18 -0800

I swear there is a hazardous waste team on the SFPD.

fizzandpop

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:31:08 -0800

That's what happens when you buy imports

sfsooz

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:27:23 -0800

how sad!

mooks

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:24:14 -0800

He is alive, and only has a few broken bones. When he jumped/fell (no one knows for sure, as he was convinced that there were people on the roof) he hit the power lines which broke his fall. He's a good guy with problems. what a tragic event.

travin

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:13:17 -0800

I like how the note writer tries to avoid mentioning they should be careful of the blood all over the car. As though it's somehow considerate and might have been shocking to mention. I'm thinking finding a car with a bloody, mangled whole in the middle of it is pretty damned shocking already. Pointing out something as critical as avoiding the diseased blood would seem like a little grounding perspective.

utricularian

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:00:01 -0800

My first thought: "Geeze I hope his insurance doesn't give him a rough time"

largo01

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:59:27 -0800

Be prepared for more of these when the suicide net gets put up under the GG Bridge.

withak

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:54:50 -0800

The Note Writer was maybe a police officer who could find the driver's name from his license plates.

HappyChandler

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:52:05 -0800

Attempted suicide porn? How gory and unnecessary.

Plug1

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:40:48 -0800

CKET nailed that awning.

Shibi

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:29:03 -0800

shit, that really does suck. How did the Note Writer know that the owner of the car was "Mark"?

Oznog

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:27:50 -0800

must...not...make..."fell"...pun

aj

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:24:24 -0800

well shit. that totally sucks. I hope the individual involved in this incident got the help he/she needed.