Why you shouldn't try this at home.
Source: Impact Wrestling
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A 9-year-old wrestling fan jumped off his Brooklyn apartment roof wearing a homemade parachute - a fatal imitation of his favorite video game character, friends said.
Damori Miles' broken body was found on the ground outside the Albany houses about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Wrapped around his body was the string and plastic bag he use to craft his makeshift parachute, police sources said. The boy died at Interfaith hospital an hour later, police said.
"It's terrible. The kids try to imitate what they see and they think they can fly," said family friend Sumore Murrel, 29.
She said the third-grader was supposed to have a play date with her two children Shakar 11, and Kevin, 9, Tuesday night, but never showed.
"His older sister came knocking on the door looking for him at 70. She had no idea he was dead. None of us did," Murrel said.
Instead, the little boy had left his 10-floor apartment on Bergen Street and walked up to the building's roof.
Shakar Murrel, Damori's best friend, believed his pal jumped off the roof to imitate his favorite PlayStation2 video game "Smackdown Raw."
"He tried to do a swan dive like Jeff Harding does in Smackdown. That was his favorite game. He played it all the time. That was what he was trying to do. If I would have seen him up there I would have told him not to do it."
The roof door was still unlocked and open Wednesday morning, and the alarm that was supposed to go off was broken, neighbors said.
"I was sitting inside and I heard a thump. I looked out my window and saw the boy on the ground. He was on his back and his clothes were ripped off. There was foam coming from his mouth. It was horrible," said Chiquita Jones, 25.
"The door to the roof should have been locked. Damori didn't have to die," she said.
Damori's mother told detectives she had gone to the store and came home to find her son on the ground, police sources said.
Sumore Murrel said she wasn't sure her kids were going to be playing the video games anymore.
"I need to keep a better eye on what they are playing or watching. Kids are so impressionable," she said.
It's the fault of parents for leaving children to do what they want. Although the Swanton Bomb is very cool and I wish I could do it, I don't want to risk breaking my back.
It's also bad to blame the Smackdown vs Raw games. They are just for fun. Even I play them.
You know, once when we were young, my sister ( the one I posted the thread about) attempted to jump off because she wanted to fly like Daffy Duck. She survived since it was not so high, but she waas in the hospital for months. I was 3, and I always am afraid of open windows on above the ground floor ever since.
Quote:
A 9-year-old wrestling fan jumped off his Brooklyn apartment roof wearing a homemade parachute - a fatal imitation of his favorite video game character, friends said.
Damori Miles' broken body was found on the ground outside the Albany houses about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Wrapped around his body was the string and plastic bag he use to craft his makeshift parachute, police sources said. The boy died at Interfaith hospital an hour later, police said.
"It's terrible. The kids try to imitate what they see and they think they can fly," said family friend Sumore Murrel, 29.
She said the third-grader was supposed to have a play date with her two children Shakar 11, and Kevin, 9, Tuesday night, but never showed.
"His older sister came knocking on the door looking for him at 70. She had no idea he was dead. None of us did," Murrel said.
Instead, the little boy had left his 10-floor apartment on Bergen Street and walked up to the building's roof.
Shakar Murrel, Damori's best friend, believed his pal jumped off the roof to imitate his favorite PlayStation2 video game "Smackdown Raw."
"He tried to do a swan dive like Jeff Harding does in Smackdown. That was his favorite game. He played it all the time. That was what he was trying to do. If I would have seen him up there I would have told him not to do it."
The roof door was still unlocked and open Wednesday morning, and the alarm that was supposed to go off was broken, neighbors said.
"I was sitting inside and I heard a thump. I looked out my window and saw the boy on the ground. He was on his back and his clothes were ripped off. There was foam coming from his mouth. It was horrible," said Chiquita Jones, 25.
"The door to the roof should have been locked. Damori didn't have to die," she said.
Damori's mother told detectives she had gone to the store and came home to find her son on the ground, police sources said.
Sumore Murrel said she wasn't sure her kids were going to be playing the video games anymore.
"I need to keep a better eye on what they are playing or watching. Kids are so impressionable," she said.
It's the fault of parents for leaving children to do what they want. Although the Swanton Bomb is very cool and I wish I could do it, I don't want to risk breaking my back.
It's also bad to blame the Smackdown vs Raw games. They are just for fun. Even I play them.
You know, once when we were young, my sister ( the one I posted the thread about) attempted to jump off because she wanted to fly like Daffy Duck. She survived since it was not so high, but she waas in the hospital for months. I was 3, and I always am afraid of open windows on above the ground floor ever since.
No offence Dinkdoodler, but you should really find another forum to post these kind of things.
To nobody's surprise, I agree with Kenji.
Also, it's a ridiculous idea that the boy was trying to imitate a wrestling maneuver when he jumped off. It's just a way for the parents to blame video games, which they apparently don't like. The boy was probably just depressed and decided to do a suicide.
Oh, and meh cans do the swanton bomb!!11!one11
Also, it's a ridiculous idea that the boy was trying to imitate a wrestling maneuver when he jumped off. It's just a way for the parents to blame video games, which they apparently don't like. The boy was probably just depressed and decided to do a suicide.
Oh, and meh cans do the swanton bomb!!11!one11
November 6th 2010, 11:30 PM
DinkD Evil
The kid did a suicide. He didn't try a Swanton Bomb. As far as I know, Jeff Hardy never Swanton Bombed from higher than a few feet(Turnbuckle). In 2006 he Swanton Bombed onto Randy Orton from the Raw set, but it was a safe stunt. He was secured by a rope which was removed by computer later
