Father Dead, Two Children Rushed to Hospital After Activating Weapon in Grandfather's Belongings
This is not the first time individuals, especially relatives of WWII veterans, have stumbled upon explosives at home.
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Absolutely would've been the case if me and my dad found that when i was 14 going through my grandparents stuff"After coming across the relic, someone had allegedly pulled the pin on the grenade, setting off the explosion."
I'm stereotyping here, but I'm thinking Dad took one for his 14yo son's stupidity.
"After coming across the relic, someone had allegedly pulled the pin on the grenade, setting off the explosion."
I'm stereotyping here, but I'm thinking Dad took one for his 14yo son's stupidity.
Not difficult at all if they’ve been prepped first, or were left prepped and taped by someone else who knew what they were doing, IE Old Grandad.It isn't like he covered for him. . . . well, I mean after the fact. Hard to obfuscate the truth when you're unconscious then dead.
But hte fact that Dad is dead and the kids just have shrapnel injuries indicates more the dad had hte grenade instead of dad jumping on grenade after 14yo pulls the pin.
Those pins aren't easy to pull.
i would bet on the kid to lift the grenade by the pin out of the box. if it was indeed taped - that would do it.Perhaps someone milked the spoon while the pin was out.
No people are hesitant to call because they like their pets.People are sometimes hesitant to call us because they think they’re putting us out.
After coming across the relic, someone had allegedly pulled the pin on the grenade, setting off the explosion, according to police, WGN-TV reported.
Is that police report talk or are they saying the kids are telling them the father pulled the pin?
the thing has hidden wings, as nothing ever flew that far away ever in my life never before and never again.virtually everybody who's never been in the military has NO IDEA how grenades actually work, other than the Hollywood version
the thing has hidden wings, as nothing ever flew that far away ever in my life never before and never again.
This is why the safety clip should be left on grenades in storage.i would bet on the kid to lift the grenade by the pin out of the box. if it was indeed taped - that would do it.
a practical outcome of a 'ban it all' against 'explain in the class of how it works' thing.
they are for sure not made to be pulled out accidentally, so, who knows how they managed to set that inherited grenade. if it was a 50-60 years old, who knows.I was very eager to get rid of those MFers.
It never really failed to amaze me how hard those pins are to pull, unless you bend them first.
Try being left handed where you have to remember to flip them upside down first before you can start the party.I was very eager to get rid of those MFers.
It never really failed to amaze me how hard those pins are to pull, unless you bend them first.
Who knows? Dad's dead and the kids are in the hospital, where they're presumably not talking to the press. I'm sure Mom has some idea, but who knows what they told her as they were being rushed to the hospital? Or whether they knew what they were talking about? Or whether she heard them or misinterpreted them? Or whether the same thing goes for the 5-O?
Just that if they truly didn't know anything, they wouldn't say someone pulled the pin.
From the news article, we have no idea what kind of grenade it was. The article says they were rummaging through the belongings of "a grandfather"; it could have been a great-grand from WWII/Korea era.This is why the safety clip should be left on grenades in storage.
Well, the father won’t ever get any dumber.it seems idiotic.
but remember, WE grew up watching Sarge, Kirby, and Cage pulling pins and throwing grenades at krouts on Combat every afternoon after school.
heck, we even learned how to throw a german grenade too!
this guy never probably saw one, never knew how they work. Assumed it had been disarmed.
in some ways, the world is getting dumber every day
Well, the father won’t ever get any dumber.
Still hope for the kids though.
If it was me, I'd put my body between the grenade and my child and that decision would require just the dark uninteresting corner of one brain cell while the rest hope and pray for the best."After coming across the relic, someone had allegedly pulled the pin on the grenade, setting off the explosion."
I'm stereotyping here, but I'm thinking Dad took one for his 14yo son's stupidity.