Various News: AP Picks Up Death of New York Child, Vince McMahon to Take Over Investors Conference Call
Posted by Larry Csonka on 04.16.2009
More Thursday news!
- The Associated Press has picked up the story of the death of a 9-year old Brooklyn boy who jumped off of his roof, with a homemade parachute, in an effort to imitate "Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb":
NEW YORK—A 9-year-old boy might have been imitating a favorite video game character when he apparently built a homemade parachute and jumped to his death from his apartment building roof, a friend said Wednesday.
Domori Miles apparently cobbled the apparatus together out of a plastic bag and rope before jumping off the 13-story Brooklyn building Tuesday, police and witnesses said. The items were found near his body on the ground in the Albany Houses complex.
He was clutching the bag in his hands "like he was trying to fly," said witness Robert Molina, 25.
Domori's mother told police she had run out to a store when the boy apparently left their 10th-floor apartment and went to the roof. Resident Jeffery Banks said he saw the boy fly by his window.
A close friend said Domori was a fan of the professional-wrestling video game "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw," and particularly of wrestler Jeff Hardy's swan dives.
"He played it all the time. That was what he was trying to do," said Shakar Murrel, 10. "If I would have seen him up there, I would have told him not to do it."
World Wrestling Entertainment expressed sympathy for the boy's family but called for "a full investigation ... before conclusions are made."
No "SmackDown vs. Raw" characters jump off buildings or use parachutes, Stamford, Conn.-based WWE noted in a statement, adding that the game is rated suitable for teens.
The city Housing Authority, which owns the complex, says the roof is fenced and off-limits to residents.
- WWE sent out the following press release today:
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. to Report 2009 First Quarter Results
STAMFORD, Conn., Apr 16, 2009 -- World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) announced that it will report its 2009 first quarter results on May 7, 2009, before the opening of the market. The Company's chairman, Vincent K. McMahon, and senior management will host a conference call beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss the results.
All interested parties are welcome to listen to a live web cast that will be hosted through the Company's website at http://corporate.wwe.com/. Participants can also access the conference call by dialing 800-895-0198 (conference ID: WWE). Please reserve a line 15 minutes prior to the start time of the conference call.
The earnings release and presentation to be referenced during the call will be found at http://corporate.wwe.com/.
A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the conference call concludes, and can be accessed on the Company's website.
Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) can be found at http://wwe.com and http://corporate.wwe.com/. For information on our global activities, please go to http://wwe.com/worldwide. If you have additional questions, please contact WWE Investor Relations via e-mail at investor.relations@wwecorp.com
This is a simple case of boys will be boys... move along.
Posted By: AG Awesome (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Before you start blaming video games, before you start blaming the WWE, how about you check other facts. Apperently the child was in special education, and if he got up on the roof it obviously wasn't secure, so perhaps you might want to look into that, as well as where the parent(s) were, considering its a nine year old child left alone. The AP just wants to jump to conclusions to blame video games and the WWE all in one go, it's like a blame holy grail.
Posted By: Mechalon (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 01:30 PM
lol, what retard!
Darwin's Award - post mortem.
Posted By: Guest#4269 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 01:34 PM
ah blame someone else there buddy ive never seen a parachute in wrestling. sounds like someone is wanting money because they were not watching their child.
Posted By: Guest#5928 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 01:34 PM
Why is a 9 year old kid being allowed to play a Teen Rated game? Better yet, why is a nine year old kid left home un-supervised? Even if he was emulating Jeff Hardy, that doesn't explain the parachute.
Posted By: Todd Vote (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 01:40 PM
WHAT KIND OF PARENT LEAVES AN UNATTENDED CHILD AT HOME ALONE!?!?!?
THE PARENT IS AT FAULT HERE!
Posted By: James E (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 01:42 PM
DAR-win DAR-win DAR-win
Posted By: Raoul (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 01:43 PM
Man I hate hearing stories like...thoughts and prayers out to the family of the little boy....
Posted By: Industry (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 02:30 PM
...kids are stupid!
Posted By: Armitage Shanks (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 02:46 PM
"No "SmackDown vs. Raw" characters jump off buildings or use parachutes, Stamford, Conn.-based WWE noted in a statement, adding that the game is rated suitable for teens."
For once I totally agree with the WWE lawyers. A woman says "clearly he was trying to do that"...the fuck HOW is that clear? Jeff hardy jumps from a turnbuckle and CLEARLY a boy jumping from a building is trying to imitate it?
Posted By: Guest#6515 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 02:54 PM
I would blame Mythbusters before WWE on this one. Swanton, really? What has a parachute got anything to do with a swanton.
Oh, he played the game all the time. There's the link! Case solved! Elementary my dear McMahon.
Ridiculous.
Posted By: demOcratic (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 02:56 PM
This is BS, he used a parachute, no WWE character uses a parachute. I think the family is going to try and cash this death in for a few million dollars from WWE
Posted By: William (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:05 PM
VINTAGE NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY!
Posted By: Michael Cole (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:21 PM
No "SmackDown vs. Raw" characters jump off buildings or use parachutes, Stamford, Conn.-based WWE noted in a statement.
Lmao. Has Associated Press also picked up the story of the mother who left her 10 year old son home alone only for him to....................oh, wait a minute.
Posted By: Carl Amari (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Sad stuff...
just to play devil's advocate though, does anybody remember the Smackdown game from a few years ago where you could go fight in Times Square? You could climb up like 2 stories and jump on your opponent!
I'm just sayin...
Posted By: Mike of Da F'n Jungle (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:36 PM
Whatever happened to performing moves on a couch or bed? At least thats what we used to do back in the day. I'm willing to bet that the kid was influenced by GTA which would be even worse.
Posted By: Blade Brown (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:46 PM
Actually, you CAN jump off a building in one of the Smackdown games. If I were a lawyer, I'd point this out in court.
Posted By: Engel (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:48 PM
Is anyone considering bringing charges against the incompetent mother who left a nine year old child ALONE in a ten-story apartment building??
Posted By: Jack McCoy (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:52 PM
I blame Pixar. Not sure how, not sure why, but I know they're rolling the dough, so I'm blaming them.
Posted By: Weston Smith (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 04:14 PM
VINTAGE NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY!
Posted By: Michael Cole (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:21 PM
Best. Comment. Ever.
Posted By: yup (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 04:20 PM
I remember trying to do wrestling moves on my moms bed, but who the fuck told this kid to do it off a fucking 13 story building.
Posted By: Guest#8374 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 04:33 PM
I call BS on the kids friend who said if he was there he would have told him not to do it, i bet if he was there he would have let his friend go on with it just to see him do it.
Posted By: Guest#4827 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 04:36 PM
Hey - How do you know he wasn't playing the TNA game and emulating me?
Oh yeah. Nobody bought THAT game.
Posted By: Sucide (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Hey - How do you know he wasn't playing the TNA game and emulating me?
Oh yeah. Nobody bought THAT game.
Posted By: Sucide (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Would have looked like one of those Wile E Coyote cartoons when he went flying by the window with that plastic contraption trailing behind.
Posted By: Rudy (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:06 PM
VINTAGE NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY!
Posted By: Michael Cole (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:21 PM
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I wonder if Cole was doing play by play of the boy jumping off the roof behind the commentating dumpster...
Posted By: Guest#6146 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:07 PM
HIS PARENTS SHOULD HAVE DONE THEIR FUCKING PARENTING!!!
Posted By: Chris Jericho (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:08 PM
I totally agree that this is not the fault of WWE, or the video game industry, and that the paerents SHOULD have been watching their child.
That said, it is not surprising that the parents are trying to blame others. When your child dies, you lash out at anyone you can possibly find to pin blame on, whether it is rational or not. They might even blame The Discovery Channel or Travel Channel for showing people base-jumping.
Posted By: Ben S (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:13 PM
Did You Know....
jumping off of roofs has a high mortality rate?
Posted By: Ben S (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:15 PM
So here are some questions that should be asked:
Why was a 9 year old left alone?
Where were the parent(s)?
Did Jeff Hardy ever use a parachute?
Didn't the boys mother ever teach her son not to play with plastic bags? (Plastic Bags are not a toy)
There was a fence and no access to the roof. Really???????
If I puched someone in the face, can they sue the WWE for using The Big Shows finishing move?
If I kicked someone in the face, can they sue the WWE for using Shawn Micheals finishing move?
If I speared someone, can they sue the WWE for using Edge's finishing move?
If I gave someone a poisoned apple. can they sue Walt Disney for copying Sleeping Beuty?
If I wore a hockey mask and used a machete to kill someone, would they make another Friday the 13th?
If I had a pre-existing heart condition and died while riding a roller coaster, can my family collect on my behalf from the amusement park?
Let's face it, the good ol' United States of America is now a nation run by money hungry assholes. Everyone has an itchy trigger finger on the gun called "court case". They stand by to pull that trigger at any chance they get. Now a days, no one is willing to take the blame of their own actions, it's always SOMEONE ELSE"S FAULT.
The only way to solve issues like this is to get rid of all music, movies video games, amausement parks, sports, recreational activites and weapons. Then you have to pad the earth and everything on the earth in 12 inch thick foam padding. This way if you get hurt, it is YOUR F'n fault.
I said my peace. Now I have to find an attorny and sue Dell for getting Carpel Tunnel Syndrom while writing this response.
Posted By: Guest#9857 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:19 PM
"The Associated Press has picked up the story of the death of a 9-year old Brooklyn boy who jumped off of his roof, in an effort to imitate Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb"
Incorrect, he was trying to imitate "Jeff Harding's Swan Dive"
Seriously, who lets a mentally challenged 9 year child, both play a T rated game, and lets him alone at home.
Best wishes to the idiot family.
Posted By: americandragon27 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:28 PM
I remember doing wrestling moves with my friends as a kid and breaking a chair and some other stuff. But you would REALLY have to be retarded to "imitate wrestling" by jumping off a 13 store building with a fucking makeshift parachute.
Posted By: Joe (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:48 PM
I'm going to buy some Superman underoos and jump out my window. When I plummet to the cold, cruel concrete below I will sue DC Comics or Warner Bros. for giving me the impression I could fly.
Posted By: Zingy (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 06:17 PM
This is BS, he used a parachute, no WWE character uses a parachute. I think the family is going to try and cash this death in for a few million dollars from WWE
Posted By: William (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:05 PM
Perhaps he was trying to imitate Owen Hart??? Same result.
Posted By: Captain_Snackpipe (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 06:42 PM
LoL at natural selection
Posted By: Guest#8551 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 07:02 PM
game is rated TEEN, he shouldn't have been left home alone at his age, how on earth is the WWE at fault. The Mother needs to look in the mirror..
Posted By: GUEST727 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 07:14 PM
"The Associated Press has picked up the story of the death of a 9-year old Brooklyn boy who jumped off of his roof, in an effort to imitate Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb"
Incorrect, he was trying to imitate "Jeff Harding's Swan Dive"
Seriously, who lets a mentally challenged 9 year child, both play a T rated game, and lets him alone at home.
Best wishes to the idiot family.
Posted By: americandragon27 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:28 PM
Well, he apparently did inherit the retardation from someone, did he?
Posted By: Guest#2515 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 07:16 PM
He could of at least imitated Mr. Kennedy and just tore a pectoral muscle for 6 months.
Kids these days...
Posted By: lilwayne1 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 07:29 PM
One of the few times the WWE categorically denies responsibility that I actually agree with them.
Posted By: Gregor (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 07:30 PM
JEFF HARDY IS TOO XTREMEEEEEEE FOR A PARACHUTE!
Posted By: Doyle Hargraves (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 07:37 PM
I totally agree that this is not the fault of WWE, or the video game industry, and that the paerents SHOULD have been watching their child.
That said, it is not surprising that the parents are trying to blame others. When your child dies, you lash out at anyone you can possibly find to pin blame on, whether it is rational or not. They might even blame The Discovery Channel or Travel Channel for showing people base-jumping.
Posted By: Ben S (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 05:13 PM
VINTAGE ARM-CHAIR PSYCHIATRIST!
Posted By: mini-Michael Cole (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 07:56 PM
His parents should sue the WWE and they can win. I saw Owen Hart perform the exact same move in K.C. Come to think of it thats the last time I saw Owen, whats he been up to?
Posted By: UcantCLA (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 09:41 PM
Incident aside, seeing how quick many of you are to make light of the situation disturbs me to my very soul. A child is dead. No matter the circumstances, a nine-year-old boy lost his life. Show some class, for God's sake.
Posted By: Kyatollah (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 10:09 PM
No attorney worth their salt would even bother arguing this in court. I'd get this thing thrown out as soon as the complaint was served, which it won't be because there is no legal theory you can possibly use. The media just loves writing these articles though.
Posted By: Serp (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 10:19 PM
His parents should sue the WWE and they can win. I saw Owen Hart perform the exact same move in K.C. Come to think of it thats the last time I saw Owen, whats he been up to?
Posted By: UcantCLA (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 09:41 PM
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I hope you jump off a roof or something high!
Posted By: Guest#2595 (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Another borderline retarded primate kills himself (or someone else) and now the (most likely) welfare recipient mother wants to blame WWE and video games in hopes of getting a muti-million dollar pay out? Sounds like the gene pool trying to cleanse itself......
Posted By: Guest#0082 (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 01:49 AM
"He played it all the time. That was what he was trying to do," said Shakar Murrel, 10. "If I would have seen him up there, I would have told him not to do it."
Bullshit you would have gone with him 619 style!
Posted By: Guest#1500 (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 01:52 AM
"Actually, you CAN jump off a building in one of the Smackdown games. If I were a lawyer, I'd point this out in court. "
Posted By: Engel (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 03:48 PM
And that might have held up in court.. However and here is the real sad news that would make it not possible to use that... The game was WWE Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain... Jeff Hardy was not on the roster for this game. Therefore they can't say he was trying to imitate Jeff's swanton in that game either.
Posted By: Steve (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 02:03 AM
Ok.. So this boy wan imitating his favorite wrestler? My son is a fan of Santino Marella. Should I be expecting him to raid my wife's draws looking for drag to wear?
Posted By: Concearned Parent (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 02:09 AM
I guess the kid who did a mocking imitation of this dead kid at school knows how Jason Sensation felt
Posted By: Guest#5423 (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 04:51 AM
My son shot a man today. He was a huge fan of Stone Cold Steve Austin. Seeing Austin in an incident involving a gun is what influenced him to do it.....
Posted By: Guest#1362 (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 06:08 AM
Just natural selection at work here.
Posted By: Guest#2717 (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Can't wait for this Jeff Harvey character to debut in WWE. Will he do a gimmick whee he gets disqualified for using a parachute?
Posted By: Soulless asshole (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 11:16 AM
so, what ur sayin is since he landed on his back, its WWE's fault, but if he landed on his head, its the u.s. olympics diving teams fault? For shits sake, WWE warns people not to try this at home even if u modify it with a rope and a bag. This is a case of poor parenting. I say put the parent in the steel cage with the Big Show for 10 minutes. Justice is served!
Posted By: djstinger (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Seriously, how about blaming 'The Flying Nun'? She looked like a flying swan and held on to her hat while flying kind of like the kid hung on to the parachute? Makes sense to me.
Posted By: MorrisonLuverGurl4Eva101 (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 01:01 PM
Add roof diving to the list of stupid shit project kids do when their parents aren't watching along with riding on top of elevators, spray painting the hallways and pissing in the stair cases. Damn thoses were the days.
Posted By: Raoul Duke (Guest) on April 17, 2009 at 09:52 PM
