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Very sad story about a girl from my school

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wnab21
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A girl in my grade from my school was at a camp in Wheeling,WV when heavy storms came through last night. (I live in Pittsburgh). She was sleeping in her tent when a tree fell on her and killed her instantly. it basicly took her legs off her body. Such a tragic and freak accident and can not belive someone who i knew and was only 14 is dead.


R.I.P. Leah Blum

+vibes to her family
Jul 23 2009 6:02PM
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OrangeName
Posts: 675 - Karma: 15

whoa!?? that sucks $vibes

rip

Jul 23 2009 6:03PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 373
that sucks man,
so much lame shits been happening lately
Jul 23 2009 6:03PM
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Shlogan
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RIP, do yuo have an article online you can post?
Jul 23 2009 6:05PM
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wnab21
Posts: 1313 - Karma: 18
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/20154593/detail.html
Jul 23 2009 6:06PM
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pmw
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a girl, i did not know her personally, but a lot of my friends did and i knew of her died in march. her mom and her were out doing yard work, and a tree fell on them. injuring the mom, and killed the daughter 2 days later
Jul 23 2009 6:12PM
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mokeefe257
Posts: 405 - Karma: 10
sucks +++++++++++++++++vibes
Jul 23 2009 6:15PM
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*steeze_is_good
Posts: 2886 - Karma: 721
+vibes to her family, theres so many deaths that happened lately
Jul 23 2009 6:24PM
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HR8938Cephei
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wow.. thats the craziest thing i've heard.. RIP +Vibes
Jul 23 2009 6:24PM
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idontactuallyski
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+++++ vibes to her family and friends
Jul 23 2009 6:54PM
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twin-tip-hero
Posts: 2896 - Karma: 277

first billy mays now this! 

no but really that blows, sorry to hear that man, that is terrible.

Jul 23 2009 7:04PM
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*monsterskier*
Posts: 2671 - Karma: 61

dang..that's horrible

+ vibes for her family

Jul 23 2009 7:06PM
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Cudder.
Posts: 2248 - Karma: 307
fuckin 2012....
Jul 23 2009 7:09PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9932 - Karma: 9,411
Wtf thats really really sad the dad must have problems
Jul 23 2009 7:16PM
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8ONE657
Posts: 3045 - Karma: 209
oh my gosh my friends are counselors there...
Jul 23 2009 9:25PM
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brandon_
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Thats Sad man. My buddies Dad killed his wife and then Shot himself.

+ vibes to leah ( thats her name right?) Family.
Jul 23 2009 9:43PM
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brandon_
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PITTSBURGH -- The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh released a statement on Thursday, mourning the loss of a Mount Lebanon teenager at its West Virginia. camp.
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A camper died at Emma Kaufman Camp, after a tree fell on the teen.
Leah Blum, 14, was injured when a tree fell Wednesday night at the Emma Kaufmann Camp, located outside Morgantown.Blum was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital but didn't survive her injures, the Jewish Community Center said.According to a news release from the center, heavy rains weakened the tree, which is why it fell 35 feet onto Blum’s tent at about 6:30 p.m.“The construction of the place where Leah was is a tent facility that’s on a wooden deck,” said Monongalia County Sheriff Al Kisner. “The report was that she was semi-conscious but at some point after that she did lose consciousness.”Kisner said several of Blum’s fellow campers and counselors attempted to save her.“I think it’s an act of nature -- one of those bizarre freak accidents, unfortunately,” said JCC spokeswoman Cathy Samuels.The camp has called in grief counselors to help campers and staff members cope with the loss."The family was notified immediately and our camp staff has met with them personally," the center said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with them."Emma Kaufmann Camp, owned and operated by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, is located on Cheat Lake, about 70 miles south of Pittsburgh.
Jul 23 2009 9:44PM
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Crack.
Posts: 6020 - Karma: 84
thats fucked up
Jul 23 2009 9:46PM
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yojimbo
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freakayyyy
Jul 23 2009 11:34PM
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8ONE657
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i just talked to my friend who's a counselor and she said the camp is in shut down mode. i feel terrible because it's something she looks forward to every summer and i know the campers love it there too...something that is such a great experience faced such an awful tragedy.

+++++++++vibes.
Jul 23 2009 11:53PM
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Spacekroft
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wow +++++vibes to the family and the kids at that camp.
Jul 23 2009 11:54PM
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Abc567def
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huge vibes
Jul 24 2009 12:03AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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wow mt. lebanon is a grade k-3 school in my town. i live in lebanon. and that was a scary title until i got to the w.va part. ++++ vibes to family and friends
Jul 24 2009 12:15AM
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joshua
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shut up right now someone died its not funny
Jul 24 2009 12:32AM
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Twinjibber77
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+vibes
Jul 24 2009 12:34AM
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Prime
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i hop god smites you for that... thats just low dude
Jul 24 2009 12:40AM
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Nicholas.
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this isnt 4chan asshole. thats a low blow and a half.
Jul 24 2009 12:42AM
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Scott22~
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Youre right, no idea why I ever wanted to troll 4chan when the pickings are so easy over here~
Jul 24 2009 1:12AM
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Prime
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what the hell is your problem, all of your posts your a complete dick i hope you get banned
Jul 24 2009 2:03AM
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Funnel
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That's terrible.  2009 seems to have been a shit year in general.
Jul 24 2009 2:09AM
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hartig
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that would be a first for scott squiggles
Jul 24 2009 2:12AM
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Nicholas.
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whatever dude, its  the internet i guess.

sorry to know you have such little decency. i would crack jokes at 911 or the holocaust...anything really...but an individual 14 year old girl dying a gruesome death so close to a member of this community? you must need  a ton of attention or something. individual threads are different.
Jul 24 2009 3:08AM
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gmack24
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my condolences man....I have finally reached that point in maturity where any death of someone so young feels right at home
Jul 24 2009 3:23AM
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infedel_one
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you're f'd up asshole
Jul 24 2009 6:58AM
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*sam_steeze*
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that sucks
Jul 24 2009 8:13AM
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T-Holt
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+++Vibes
Jul 24 2009 11:41AM
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70794Willow
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what a freak accident... that sucks.
+vibes
Jul 24 2009 11:47AM
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skieasy
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i live in the small secluded town of juneau alaska where a few days after graduation, drunk driving accident. a kid who's had his diploma for all of about three days, dies. it was a huge deal. no parent should have to outlive their kid. i don't know what i'd do. month later another kid is hiking on one of our local trails with a few friends and falls down a 500vert avalanche shoot. needless to say... and i knew this kid really well and its hard to lose a friend [if your interested....in my videos i have one of him stompin' a front. his name's cameron.] and yet. here we are three weeks later and another kid of here was hiking in arizona, got dehydrated, and isnt with us.


thats three of our youth in two and a half months.

really makes you think about your decisions and what you have control over and what these three great kids did/didnt have control over...
Jul 24 2009 5:18PM
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Moostafa
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i know its crazy, a kid from my school died about 3 weeks ago in utah. +vibes
Jul 24 2009 5:21PM
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