SanDiegoCJ
05-08-2003, 02:50 PM
He almost made it, but he wasn't quite dumb enough. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86313,00.html
18-Year-Old Critically Injured Imitating Jackass Stunt
Thursday, May 08, 2003
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — An 18-year-old tried to imitate a stunt from the television show Jackass (search) by jumping into a pool from the roof of a five-story condominium. He missed, shattering both legs, police said.
Paul Smith, a Sarasota High School dropout, was in critical but stable condition Wednesday at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
One friend was videotaping and five others were watching from below as Smith jumped. His legs and torso hit the ledge of the pool, and he tumbled into the water.
Three of his friends had previously jumped.
Sheriff's Office spokesman Steve Burns said the teens were trying imitate the movie and now-defunct MTV (search) show "Jackass," which featured crude stunts and gross-out antics.
"He's an 18-year-old and can make his own decisions," Burns told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "I hope that everybody he sees on television or movie he wouldn't duplicate. To willfully do something like that and be injured, it makes you shake your head."
The show and the movie it inspired include a warning to not to try the stunts at home and they say the producers don't accept submissions. But several serious injuries have been linked to imitations.
In another Jackass stunt in Florida, three Panhandle teenagers were arrested in March on animal cruelty and other charges after police confiscated videotape of one or more of the teens setting themselves and a frog on fire, swallowing and regurgitating a fish and vandalizing city property. Police said the teens were inspired by the TV series.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86313,00.html
18-Year-Old Critically Injured Imitating Jackass Stunt
Thursday, May 08, 2003
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — An 18-year-old tried to imitate a stunt from the television show Jackass (search) by jumping into a pool from the roof of a five-story condominium. He missed, shattering both legs, police said.
Paul Smith, a Sarasota High School dropout, was in critical but stable condition Wednesday at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
One friend was videotaping and five others were watching from below as Smith jumped. His legs and torso hit the ledge of the pool, and he tumbled into the water.
Three of his friends had previously jumped.
Sheriff's Office spokesman Steve Burns said the teens were trying imitate the movie and now-defunct MTV (search) show "Jackass," which featured crude stunts and gross-out antics.
"He's an 18-year-old and can make his own decisions," Burns told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "I hope that everybody he sees on television or movie he wouldn't duplicate. To willfully do something like that and be injured, it makes you shake your head."
The show and the movie it inspired include a warning to not to try the stunts at home and they say the producers don't accept submissions. But several serious injuries have been linked to imitations.
In another Jackass stunt in Florida, three Panhandle teenagers were arrested in March on animal cruelty and other charges after police confiscated videotape of one or more of the teens setting themselves and a frog on fire, swallowing and regurgitating a fish and vandalizing city property. Police said the teens were inspired by the TV series.