Se7en
07-04-2003, 04:47 PM
I found this hilarious in a very mean-spirited way.
Looks like the Almighty wasn't pleased with the recent Supreme Court ruling on sodomy.
Beam Collapses, Narrowly Missing Sandra Day O'Connor
Friday, July 04, 2003
http://www.foxnews.com/images/95223/1_21_300_beam.jpg
PHILADELPHIA - What was to have been a spectacular opening of the National Constitution Center (search) was marred Friday when a huge wood and steel frame collapsed on the stage, injuring several people and narrowly missing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (search).
The frame, which was at least 15 feet high, slowly toppled as the guests of honor at the ceremony pulled on red, white and blue streamers that were supposed to trigger the drop of a screen at the museum's front entrance.
Instead, the streamers pulled down the frame, which came crashing down on officials including Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street (search) and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter.
The crowd of 4,000 gasped as the frame came down around O'Connor, who had counted down from three to start the ceremony.
"We could have all been hit, bumped," O'Connor said into a microphone.
Street and Specter were struck on their arms as they tried to fend off the falling structure. National Constitution Center President Joseph Torsella was hit in the head and knocked to his knees.
Torsella was woozy, but walked to an ambulance. He was treated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and released. Street and a female government worker were also hospitalized for minor injuries.
"I got a bruise, a contusion. There's nothing broken or anything," Street said outside the hospital following his release, with one arm in a bandage and the other holding a small American flag.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who was also on the stage, said he saw the frame coming and stepped out of the way.
"It wasn't frightening, because I think most of us thought it was Styrofoam," Rendell said.
As medics rushed to the stage, the show continued. Small cannons fired streamers over the crowd. Fireworks erupted from the building's roof and four military jets roared overhead. The $185 million museum opened to the public, as planned, following the ceremony on Independence Mall.
Music legend Ray Charles and Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer also attended the ceremony, but were not near the frame when it fell.
Organizers said when the guests pulled on the ribbons, a screen bearing a reproduction of the signing of the Constitution was to have dropped, revealing a newer painting underneath, with some of the celebrity guests standing in the places of the Founding Fathers.
A Constitution Center spokeswoman said officials were trying to learn what went wrong.
credit: Fox News & Associated Press
<img border="0" src="http://se7enrfnet.homestead.com/files/captainamerica.jpg" width="300" height="100">
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Is the Captain a member of the proud <b>2%</b>?
Looks like the Almighty wasn't pleased with the recent Supreme Court ruling on sodomy.
Beam Collapses, Narrowly Missing Sandra Day O'Connor
Friday, July 04, 2003
http://www.foxnews.com/images/95223/1_21_300_beam.jpg
PHILADELPHIA - What was to have been a spectacular opening of the National Constitution Center (search) was marred Friday when a huge wood and steel frame collapsed on the stage, injuring several people and narrowly missing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (search).
The frame, which was at least 15 feet high, slowly toppled as the guests of honor at the ceremony pulled on red, white and blue streamers that were supposed to trigger the drop of a screen at the museum's front entrance.
Instead, the streamers pulled down the frame, which came crashing down on officials including Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street (search) and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter.
The crowd of 4,000 gasped as the frame came down around O'Connor, who had counted down from three to start the ceremony.
"We could have all been hit, bumped," O'Connor said into a microphone.
Street and Specter were struck on their arms as they tried to fend off the falling structure. National Constitution Center President Joseph Torsella was hit in the head and knocked to his knees.
Torsella was woozy, but walked to an ambulance. He was treated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and released. Street and a female government worker were also hospitalized for minor injuries.
"I got a bruise, a contusion. There's nothing broken or anything," Street said outside the hospital following his release, with one arm in a bandage and the other holding a small American flag.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who was also on the stage, said he saw the frame coming and stepped out of the way.
"It wasn't frightening, because I think most of us thought it was Styrofoam," Rendell said.
As medics rushed to the stage, the show continued. Small cannons fired streamers over the crowd. Fireworks erupted from the building's roof and four military jets roared overhead. The $185 million museum opened to the public, as planned, following the ceremony on Independence Mall.
Music legend Ray Charles and Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer also attended the ceremony, but were not near the frame when it fell.
Organizers said when the guests pulled on the ribbons, a screen bearing a reproduction of the signing of the Constitution was to have dropped, revealing a newer painting underneath, with some of the celebrity guests standing in the places of the Founding Fathers.
A Constitution Center spokeswoman said officials were trying to learn what went wrong.
credit: Fox News & Associated Press
<img border="0" src="http://se7enrfnet.homestead.com/files/captainamerica.jpg" width="300" height="100">
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Is the Captain a member of the proud <b>2%</b>?