YoungBrit Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sad news indeed! Rip. http://www.chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=502 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sounds more like a bomb than a firework. I'll guess we will never know the reason for this home made 'firework'. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 WHY play with dangerous good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siam cbr Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 From the story it sounds like he was letting off a firework/rocket as some sort of good luck blessing for his travels. Wonder who might have told him to do that, and then perhaps supply him said explosive.... RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEENTHEREDONETHAT Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sounds more like a bomb than a firework. I'll guess we will never know the reason for this home made 'firework'. RIP +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdang Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 he had blown his right hand off... can happen with fireworks... sad he had to die because of that... does not happen often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman69 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 he had blown his right hand off... can happen with fireworks... sad he had to die because of that... does not happen often... One thing for sure, it won't happen again.................. to him . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hope it's not related to this topic - Fireworks Regardless, sad to hear something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannarebirth Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 If the reporting is true, it is extremely sad that a man had to die needlessly because no one he knew had any idea how to make a simple tounequit. RIP Sir, at least you went out in a celebratory mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakchaingmai Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hope it's not related to this topic - Fireworks Regardless, sad to hear something like this. No it is not as i know this guy although american not the same guy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siam cbr Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Wonder who made this 'firework', and how far back was the wife standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) If his nationality was different we would have all kinds of speculation and tangents now. At least he's saved from that. Rest in Peace Edited June 27, 2012 by WinnieTheKhwai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Sounds more like a bomb than a firework. I'll guess we will never know the reason for this home made 'firework'. RIP Sounds like he could have been preapring a July 4th display...but why leaving also. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 What sort of firework was this guy making ? Sounds like he was packing a truck load of powder in tight to get the sort of explosion required to take of a hand. High explosion indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldeBellPedr Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) If his nationality was different we would have all kinds of speculation and tangents now. At least he's saved from that. Rest in Peace That's a bit unfair Winnie, as far as Farangs are concerned, most of us are of the view that we are all here together: the word 'Farang' unites us in opposition to the very use of that term! RIP to the unfortunate gent Edited June 27, 2012 by OldeBellPedr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bhatmasterson Posted June 28, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2012 he had blown his right hand off... can happen with fireworks... sad he had to die because of that... does not happen often... One thing for sure, it won't happen again.................. to him . This insensitive remark is unnecessary and shouldn't have even made it past the moderator IMO. What if the man's family are reading this thread? Can you think of anything more useless to say when a person has met an untimely and horrific demise? On second thought, you probably can, so please don't bother. You've said enough already! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyrog Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 The day following this unfortunate accident my wife told me of it while reading the Thai Rath newspaper. Her English translation abilities not being the best I was able to extrapolate from her description of events that the victim was cleaning out the garage of their rental home when he came across a package left by a previous tenant. Without thinking he lit an exposed fuse with the intent of tossing it away to watch the explosion if any, much as we in America do on July 4 Independence Day. It is a tradition from early childhood. It exploded immediately taking most of his arm............and you know the rest of the story. There is a moral here and I pray those reading this heed it and pass it on to other trusting souls. We are in a country in the midst of upheaval supported by violent people with dangerous methods. We as foreigners are not the target but can easily become a victim. Stay aware................. May Mr. Christopher John , an American citizen, rest-in-peace. Jolly Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 "without thinking he lit an exposed fuse" ....... what more needs to be said? ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolkGuitar Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 What kind of hand-sized firework has the power to blow off an entire arm? Even the old M-80's would only take off fingers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMNL Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 May the gentleman rest in peace. My deepest sympathy to his family and love ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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