MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: 2010 Darwin Awards

I thought you had to die to be eligible for a Darwin award. Isn't that the point?

> RUNNER UP
>
> Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew
> a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The
> conversation grew more excited, and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the
> bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge, they discovered that
> no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered
> and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end
> around Bingham's leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet
> before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously
> survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen.
> Bingham's foot was never located.