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Originally Posted by HOLLiS
6. Someone in your family died right after saying,
"Hey, guys, watch this."
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My sense of humor might be a bit off and I wish he hadn’t died but some things are out of our control.
http://www.statesman.com/news/conten...8parasail.html
Austin man dies in parasailing accident
James Greene was being towed by tractor when gust of wind caught his craft.
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
The son of a Waco television meteorologist was killed Sunday while parasailing behind a tractor on his father's property in Lorena, officials said Tuesday.
James Greene, 24, of Austin was parasailing behind the tractor in the 1100 block of East Rocket Road about 1 p.m. Sunday. His father, Don Greene, 57, was driving the tractor. Wind gusts of more than 30 mph blew during the day, according to the National Weather Service's Dallas-Fort Worth office.
Those gusts picked the tractor off the ground, and the towrope broke, officials said.
James Greene fell toward the ground, and Greene's body struck a tree, said Cpl. Geoff Henningsen, a spokesman with the Robinson Police Department. Lorena is about 13 miles south of Waco; Robinson is five miles south.
Greene was taken to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, where he died Sunday afternoon. Henningsen said no charges would be filed. He said terrestrial parasailing behind a tractor "is not a wise thing to do, but it's not against the law."
Don Greene is a meteorologist for KXXV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Waco. He could not be reached for comment.