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Convenient place to crash into, don't you think?

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/helicopter-crashes-on-hospital-roof/20080529132609990001

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 29) - A medical helicopter practicing approaches crashed on the roof of a hospital Thursday, catching fire moments after the two people on board escaped with minor injuries, a fire official said.

The pilot and passenger were in stable condition, said Richard Breon, president and CEO of Spectrum Health.

No patients were aboard the chopper, which crashed around 11 a.m. on a helipad atop the hospital. It landed on its side and the two people got out before it caught fire, Fire Chief John VanSolkema said.

"There's not a whole lot left, but you can tell it was a helicopter," VanSolkema said.

Elizabeth Isham Cory, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Chicago, said the helicopter was practicing approaches at the time of the crash.

Patients were temporarily evacuated to other buildings on the Spectrum Health campus.

All surgeries at the hospital temporarily were canceled, but were expected to resume later Thursday, said spokesman Bruce Rossman. Patients were evacuated from several floors of the hospital, but were returned to their rooms later in the day. None was injured, Rossman said.

What other places you think would be convenient to crash into, for whatever reasons?

Convenient place to crash into, don't you think?

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/helicopter-crashes-on-hospital-roof/20080529132609990001



What other places you think would be convenient to crash into, for whatever reasons?

A very out-of-the-way nunnery, maybe, if you're into that sort of thing.

In 2001 I was working at a hospital doing security dispatch and a man crashed into my office, he was having a stroke. Crashing into the ER probably saved his life. He had help within 3 minutes of the stroke starting, so he recovered 100% except for his left leg which was broken badly.

In 2001 I was working at a hospital doing security dispatch and a man crashed into my office, he was having a stroke. Crashing into the ER probably saved his life. He had help within 3 minutes of the stroke starting, so he recovered 100% except for his left leg which was broken badly.

That's one lucky stroke.

Damn, I suck with distasteful puns.

A very out-of-the-way nunnery, maybe, if you're into that sort of thing.

You're sick, just sick.

But I like the way your mind process information which may mean I'm just as sick.

That's one lucky stroke.

Damn, I suck with distasteful puns.
Even more lucky, I wasn't actually at my desk when it happened.

Even more lucky, I wasn't actually at my desk when it happened.

Thank the Big Left Toe for that.:)

You're sick, just sick.

But I like the way your mind process information which may mean I'm just as sick.

Hey, hey, I never said that I'm into that sort of thing.

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;)

I usually crash where it's comfortable and near a source of water.
oh helicopters? I think it would be cool to see one crash into a wormhole.

Maybe crash into the world's largest jello thingy.

That's one lucky stroke.

Damn, I suck with distasteful puns.

'A stroke of luck' would have worked much better. :p

Convenient place to crash into, don't you think?

a little too convenient!

What other places you think would be convenient to crash into, for whatever reasons?

crashing into a Billionaires study as he announces that the next person he sees gets all his money

It would be conviniant to crash into the White house at this time...

It would be conviniant to crash into the White house at this time...

You'd be blown out of the skies way before something like that happened. At most some small debris would nick a bit of the building's paint.

You'd be blown out of the skies way before something like that happened. At most some small debris would nick a bit of the building's paint.

but what if GWB was the pilot eh?
Give GWB free helicopter lessons outside the whitehouse then, bam! two problems gone in one go.

You'd be blown out of the skies way before something like that happened. At most some small debris would nick a bit of the building's paint.

A few years ago some dude crashed a Cessna into the White House lawn.

but what if GWB was the pilot eh?
Give GWB free helicopter lessons outside the whitehouse then, bam! two problems gone in one go.

Come on people, can't you wait half a year or so?

A few years ago some dude crashed a Cessna into the White House lawn.

Yeah, but cars are low, near the ground. Difficult to detect by radar. :P I'm pretty sure they follow air-traffic a lot more closely.

You'd be blown out of the skies way before something like that happened. At most some small debris would nick a bit of the building's paint.

I think the President would just move out of the way into the bomb shelter or something

A few years ago some dude crashed a Cessna into the White House lawn.

[insert twin towers joke]

Yeah, but cars are low, near the ground. Difficult to detect by radar. :P I'm pretty sure they follow air-traffic a lot more closely.

A Cessna is an aircraft.

Heh.

Come on people, can't you wait half a year or so?

Yeah, but cars are low, near the ground. Difficult to detect by radar. :P I'm pretty sure they follow air-traffic a lot more closely.

cessna (http://images.google.co.uk/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DVXA_en___GB238&q=cessna&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)
notice the wings and general plane shape which suggests it is a plane.

As for GWB, well he's got it coming, silly man and i'll take every opportunity to remind folks how irritating he is. Because i'm full of food, ah a good homemade Tikka Masala. sooo filling

A Cessna is an aircraft.

Heh.

Wow. Well, I never claimed not to be stupid (and if I did, now you know I lied).

A Cessna is an aircraft.

Heh.

cessna (http://images.google.co.uk/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DVXA_en___GB238&q=cessna&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)
notice the wings and general plane shape which suggests it is a plane.


www.cessna-cars.com

www.cessna-cars.com

Thanks for trying to help, but I really am an idiot.

www.cessna-cars.com

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no matter i looked it up in google images, still i think the poster meant it in the sense of the flying Cessna, that is the aircraft not a flying car Cessna, that would get confusing.
and...
how dare you try to prove me wrong!:mad:

Hey, hey, I never said that I'm into that sort of thing.

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Three posts before this turned perverted... I think its an NSG record...

no matter i looked it up in google images, still i think the poster meant it in the sense of the flying Cessna, that is the aircraft not a flying car Cessna, that would get confusing.
and...
how dare you try to prove me wrong!:mad:

I wasn't trying to prove you wrong, I made it up. But, as pathetic and childish as it is, you have given me great pleasure in knowing you spent time trying to look it up. :p

Three posts before this turned perverted... I think its an NSG record...

Do I get a prize? Because as this thread shows, I won't get one based on the merits of my superior intelligence.

I wasn't trying to prove you wrong, I made it up. But, as pathetic and childish as it is, you have given me great pleasure in knowing you spent time trying to look it up. :p

actually here (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vFzueRpb9So)it is.
still...
You liar! how could you, you heathen!:eek:

I'm gonna crash into all of you, WTC style.:p

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That was horrible of me. Just horrible...