Re: NANFA-L-- Jumping fish injury

Sinclair (rjs-in-silcom.com)
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:17:14 -0700

An "act of God?"

Once again I'm move to ask myself: Now why would God
arrange for something like that to happen?

Am I missing something here?

Bob

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From: "Gay" <Dipy12-in-verizon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:28 PM
Subject: NANFA-L-- Jumping fish injury

> BELL, Fla. -- A 31-year-old woman was hospitalized after a 3-foot-long
> Gulf
> sturgeon jumped into her fiance's boat and hit her in the face.
>
>
> Dawn E. Poirier of Kenneth City was injured in the accident that occurred
> Saturday in the Suwannee River near Bell in Gilchrist County.
>
> The impact of the fish's bony plates caused Poirier to suffer severe
> facial
> injuries and fractures, requiring plastic surgery, her father, Ed White,
> 63,
> of St. Petersburg, told The Gainesville Sun.
>
> Poirier's father called the accident "an act of God."
>
> The boat, being driven by Poirier's fiance, Johnson R. Staples III, 39, of
> St. Petersburg, was traveling south on the river going about 35 mph when
> the
> sturgeon jumped into the boat.
>
> "It's like she slammed into a brick wall," White said.
>
> Poirier was airlifted to Shands hospital-in-the University of Florida in
> Gainesville, where doctors listed her in fair condition. In addition to
> the
> injuries to her face, she had a spinal fracture, had stitches to her lips
> and right wrist and scraped on her shoulders.
>
> The 19-foot boat received $1,000 in damages, said Karen Parker, a
> spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.
>
> The fate of the sturgeon was not known.
>
> Parker said sturgeon attacks occur once or twice a year on the Suwannee.
> The
> fish can jump as high as 8 feet in the air and can weigh up to 200 pounds.
>
> Al Anderson
> 6246 North Rural
> Indianapolis IN. 46220
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