# "Rescue 911" Meets The Darwin Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337 "2003-12-16T16:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/1 "2003-12-16T16:48:15Z")
Though, sadly, it’s the rescuers, not the rescuee, who need a Darwin: (1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) A construction worker was decapitated when co-workers tried to dig him out of a collapsed ditch with an excavating machine, officials said. The 39-year-old man, whose name was not released, became trapped in the ditch Monday afternoon at the intersection of Taylor Street and DeGroot Place on Staten Island. **Colleagues tried to free him with a backhoe, accidentally severing the man’s head**. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/2 "2003-12-16T16:50:12Z")
link? Please ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/3 "2003-12-16T16:50:31Z")
I- ain’t got no body. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/4 "2003-12-16T16:54:09Z")
I don’t know how long this [link](http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_350073128.html) will be valid, as it’s a news site. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/5 "2003-12-16T16:54:45Z")
[Link](http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/13593.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/6 "2003-12-16T16:59:13Z")
Jayzuz! That’s just horrible! I don’t WANT to think of really bad jokes at a time like this, but they just keep popping into my – er – head. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/7 "2003-12-16T18:59:43Z")
Well, maybe it was time for him to head out. ( I am so sorry ) ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/8 "2003-12-16T19:08:57Z")
**TOO…MANY…PUNS…** ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/9 "2003-12-16T20:03:56Z")
In an emergency, you want take-charge individuals. The last thing you need is someone who’s just gonna stick his head in the sand. Oh, Og. I feel guilty about that. Poor guy was at the mercy of a bunch of idiots who failed him miserably. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/10 "2003-12-16T20:10:35Z")
Tractor #1 to Tractor #2: “What’s worse than digging into a trench and finding a man?” ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/11 "2003-12-16T20:33:32Z")
Using an excavator to dig the guy out? Thats using your head. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/12 "2003-12-16T20:35:22Z")
A friend of mine just e’d me, “The worst part is, he was only buried up to his ankles.” ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/13 "2003-12-16T20:37:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Tractor #1 to Tractor #2: “What’s worse than digging into a trench and finding a man?” \*\* Tractor #2: “Giving him head?” Yeah, I’ve already got my ticket to hell. I’ve even got a suite booked from here to eternity. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/14 "2003-12-16T20:55:04Z")
Said his coworkers: “It took three swipes but we finally got the dern thing off.” ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/15 "2003-12-16T21:04:04Z")
From **World Eater’s** link: > [@](#): > > "I saw these guys running around frantically screaming, ‘The other guy is dead! The other guy is dead! His head is off,’ " Konowalskyj said. So they were running around like chickens with thier heads cut off? Etherman, **Horseflesh’s** new neighbor in the great beyond. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/16 "2003-12-16T21:24:39Z")
I wonder if the proper operator was working the backhoe. I hope they had the head guy. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/17 "2003-12-16T21:36:38Z")
C’mon man… get your head out of the gutter. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/18 "2003-12-16T21:55:19Z")
I thought in NYC, the hoes were supposed to \* give \* head. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/19 "2003-12-16T22:39:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > \*\*I thought in NYC, the hoes were supposed to \* give \* head. \*\* Yeah, but I hear it costs an arm and a leg. This guy “got off” lucky. It’s not his fault that he crossed the Queen of Hearts and her witless henchcards. But look at the bright side – at least she didn’t say “give him a good ass-chewin’.” - Horseflesh, who just broke through the crust to the 10th level. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337/20 "2003-12-16T22:54:39Z")
Yeah, I’d say they’ve definitely got a head start on this year’s Darwin Awards. (I’m so ashamed…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-911-meets-the-darwin-awards/219337.md?page=2)