Photographer speared by javelin.

[runner pat]

And takes a picture of his own leg (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Brigham-Young-University-Ogden-Standard-Examiner-Provo2C-Utah-Utah-Valley-Regional-Medical-Center/photo//080519/483/82c6f9cbb5cf4384966b5197e2d90fa2//s:/ap/20080519/ap_on_re_us/speared_by_javelin;_ylt=A0WTcXvhYzJIrb4AtRdH2ocA) . :eek:

[Princhester]

When I was in high school I made a rather wild throw which went foul. The javelin was not travelling at all straight. It hit another student on the shoulder side on, bounced off and went point first into the side of the rubber heel of my instructor's shoe.

He said, "You're @#$%$#$ lucky that wasn't travelling straight or you would have killed someone". My response was that if it had been travelling straight it wouldn't have gone foul and hit anyone.

[Kythereia]

And takes a picture of his own leg (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Brigham-Young-University-Ogden-Standard-Examiner-Provo2C-Utah-Utah-Valley-Regional-Medical-Center/photo//080519/483/82c6f9cbb5cf4384966b5197e2d90fa2//s:/ap/20080519/ap_on_re_us/speared_by_javelin;_ylt=A0WTcXvhYzJIrb4AtRdH2ocA) . :eek:

Now that's a work ethic.

(Good to know he's stabilized and doing okay.)

[Don't fight the hypothetical]

Sorry, I read the title as Javalina. Carry on...

[lieu]

Oh man, if only the spear had been thrown by a "Brit."

In an appropriately strange end to the story, the throw sealed the state 4-A javelin title for thrower Anthony Miles.

[TokyoBayer]

Ah, a photographer from the Ogden Substandard-Exaggerator, as we used to call it.

[Dinsdale]

In the article I read about this incident, the thrower's coach was quoated as saying something along the lines of, "One of my first thoughts was I was glad we had brought our spare javelin."

It would have been awkward to be chasing the gurney to the ambulance, shouting, "Hey! Can we have our javelin back? A little HELP here!" :p

[lieu]

And takes a picture of his own leg.But I have promises to pic,
And Miles to throw before I click,
And Miles to throw before I click.

[The Chao Goes Mu]

[Bart Simpson]Cooooool![/Bart Simpson]

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

It's only a flesh wound...

[Flander]

And he thought snapping pics at a track meet was pointless?

[SnakesCatLady]

And he thought snapping pics at a track meet was pointless?

*groan*

[Marley23]

Knowing photographers, he probably stepped in front of the javelin on purpose. ;)

[ASAKMOTSD]

I heard this on the radio this morning & thought, I can understand how that could happen. Of course, way back when I was in high school and a photographer, I was hit in the face by a football while on the sidelines & crunched into the gymnasium wall a few times by basketball players that charged the net. It can happen.

[lobotomyboy63]

Oh man, if only the spear had been thrown by a "Brit."

In an appropriately strange end to the story, the throw sealed the state 4-A javelin title for thrower Anthony Miles.

Yes, the distance from where he released it to the E.R. was 4.79 miles...a new world record.

Wasn't that an old fake ad on SNL? "'Bruce Jenner wins the javelin catch'" will not be seen tonight so that we may bring you the following special presentation."

[Zebra]

This is why they make ZOOM LENSES!

[WordMan]

When I was in high school, one of our star discus throwers hit our Vice Principal in the forehead full force from about 10 feet away. It was entirely the VP's fault; he walked in the path of the practice area; I can't recall why, other than it was a stupid reason, but :smack: doesn't quite cover it...

He was in the hospital for weeks and had an obviously-visible dent in his head right above his eyebrows... :eek:

[lizardling]

*queasy*

Don't they HAVE clearly delineated no-go areas exactly because of shish-kabobbing or beaning risk? What was the dude doing there? :eek:

[j666]

Now that's a work ethic.

(Good to know he's stabilized and doing okay.)
Nah, that's just a story you can not pass up telling.

[I bet it annoys the hell out of him that the picture would be so much better shot from about ten degrees lower ...]

[postcards]

I heard this on the radio this morning & thought, I can understand how that could happen. Of course, way back when I was in high school and a photographer, I was hit in the face by a football while on the sidelines & crunched into the gymnasium wall a few times by basketball players that charged the net. It can happen.
Tell me about it. (http://www.photochimps.com/pp/data/500/Occ_hazard.jpg)