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	<title>Swim At Your Own Risk &#187; Freak Accidents</title>
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		<title>Shark Week Star Dies Base Jumping</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/12/shark-week-star-dies-base-jumping/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/12/shark-week-star-dies-base-jumping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 12:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R.I.P.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Notorious shark feeder and soon to be host of the Discovery Channel&#8217;s Shark Week, Jimmy Hall, is dead after a daredevil stunt took a tragic turn. Hall, 41, was performing the stunt for a camera crew when he slammed into the side of a mountain. Hall, the owner of Hawaii Shark Encounters, was infamous for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swept Away</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/02/swept-away/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/02/swept-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 12:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Blackman, 55, (above left) is still missing after a huge wave hit his 50 ft. yacht in Australian waters. The 36 ft. wave snapped his lifeline and he was washed overboard. Other crew members were also banged up. Dale Peterson (above right) broke a leg when the yacht was knocked down and Nicholas Lawson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like A Sturgeon&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/04/19/like-a-sturgeon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sturgeon jumped out of the Suwannee River and hit a woman riding a water scooter causing some serious injuries. Sharon Touchton, 50, of St. Petersburg, suffered a ruptured spleen and had to have three fingers reattached by surgeons, but she lost her left pinkie finger and a tooth. Her fingers had been ripped off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Mackerel!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/04/10/holy-mackerel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A freak fish attack sent a man to the hospital in when a 57-pound king mackerel &#8212; measuring nearly five feet long &#8212; jumped into his boat and bit him! The fish tore into the guy&#8217;s hand and leg in two places requiring more than a hundred stitches. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Nude Couple Falls Overboard!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/03/27/nude-couple-fall-overboard/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/03/27/nude-couple-fall-overboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A young couple survived four hours in shark-infested waters after falling about 54 feet from the balcony of a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The couplw was hauled out of the water naked following a search in the dark after their friends reported they had fallen overboard about 1.30am. The pair, who specified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Bite Caught on Tape</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/03/15/shark-bite-caught-on-tape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Delray Beach, FL man got a nasty surprise after dragging a shark to shore. Watch it here.]]></description>
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		<title>Whale Whacks Snorkelers</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/03/11/whale-whacks-snorkelers/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/03/11/whale-whacks-snorkelers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A snorkeler was whacked by a whale&#8217;s tail after bumping into it&#8217;s calf on a dive trip off the Dominican Republic. Usually, divers swim within feet of the giant whales without any problem. But in the last hour on the last day of Randy and Gwen Thornton&#8217;s dive trip, a whale flipped her tail and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Out For Those Propellers</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/03/05/watch-out-for-those-propellers/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/03/05/watch-out-for-those-propellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ew]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The propellers of a boat named Paradise Found killed one diver but only chewed up the flippers of another diver who survived unscathed Saturday morning. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Oops!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/02/10/oops/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/02/10/oops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man accused of shooting a snorkeler in the head told investigators that he mistook the swimmer for a large, water-dwelling rodent. William Roderick, 60, of Reedsport, OR was arraigned Thursday on assault and other charges. The victim, John Chessman, 44, remained in serious condition at Oregon Health &#038; Science University Hospital in Portland. Roderick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WARNING: Dolphins May Cause Heart Attacks</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/12/29/warning-dolphins-may-cause-heart-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/12/29/warning-dolphins-may-cause-heart-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dolphins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman who suffered face, chest and neck injuries after being crushed when a bottlenose dolphin leapt out of the water and on to her boat also had 2 heart attacks on the way to the hospital! That must&#8217;ve been some serious trauma! Kelly James, 27, is still listed as in critical but stable condition. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Whale Tries To Drown Trainer!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/11/30/shame-on-shamu/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/11/30/shame-on-shamu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A trainer was injured during a show Wednesday at SeaWorld Adventure Park after a killer whale grabbed his foot and pulled him underwater twice! The mishap occurred around 5 p.m. when the trainer and the whale were to go underwater as planned. They were to emerge with the trainer jumping off the whale&#8217;s nose. But [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lucky Barb</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/11/30/lucky-barb/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/11/30/lucky-barb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stingrays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Danny Allen, 34, was pulling in some fishing nets off the South Australian coast on Tuesday night, when a 3 ft stingray struck him in his ribcage. The boat&#8217;s skipper sped back to the coast to seek medical attention for his deckhand, who ended up spending the night in hospital. Allen plans to hang the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Trawled Up By Fishing Boat!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/10/30/diver-trawled-up-by-fishing-boat/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/10/30/diver-trawled-up-by-fishing-boat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A man diving off the Dorset coast was airlifted to hospital after a fishing boat accidentally trawled him up. The man, in his 40s, had been diving at a depth of 46ft when he was snatched up along with the boat&#8217;s catch. He suffered a case of the bends but was later discharged. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Chokes To Death After Swallowing Fish While Swimming</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/10/27/teen-chokes-to-death-after-swallowing-fish-while-swimming/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/10/27/teen-chokes-to-death-after-swallowing-fish-while-swimming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Egyptian teenager choked to death after a fish entered his mouth as he was swimming. Eighteen-year-old Yasser Ahmad Hussein was swimming in lake Qaroun, southwest of Cairo, when the freak accident occurred. Yasser was celebrating the three-day feast marking the end of the religious fasting month of Ramadan by swimming with his friends in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish Swims Up Man&#8217;s Willy!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/10/03/fish-swims-up-mans-willy/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/10/03/fish-swims-up-mans-willy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ew]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[via Ecopathic]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Dies In Cape Fear River</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/09/19/woman-dies-in-cape-fear-river/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/09/19/woman-dies-in-cape-fear-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#32;A drowning in the waters off of Brunswick County on Sunday left a woman dead. Officials say 27-year-old Holly Melissa Spears died after she fell off the boat and hit her head on the propeller. The driver pulled Spears back onto the boat and drove her body to a marina. He is facing charges, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Swordfish!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/08/04/holy-swordfish/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/08/04/holy-swordfish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When he saw a companion on his boat hook a giant fish during a sea angling contest, Ian Card was delighted until he watched the 14ft blue marlin leap out of the water across the boat and spear him through the chest! The 800lb fish knocked him overboard into the Atlantic and dragged him underwater. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Curse Of The Lobster</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/07/28/the-curse-of-the-lobster/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/07/28/the-curse-of-the-lobster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shellfish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday was the first day of lobster mini-season in the Florida Keys and three people have already died while searching for the crustaceans. Lobster mini-season ends at midnight tonight. I would suggest waiting &#8217;til tomorrow before you do any more lobster hunting. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>That Sucks</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/07/27/beware-of-hot-tubs/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/07/27/beware-of-hot-tubs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 14-year-old boy survived after being sucked to the bottom of a hotel hot tub, receiving air his father breathed into his mouth for several minutes until he could be pulled out of the water. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s Gotta Hurt . . .</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/07/25/thats-gotta-hurt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2006/07/25/thats-gotta-hurt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fisherman is recovering from surgery after he was speared in the chest and knocked into the Atlantic Ocean by a 14 ft blue marlin during a fishing competition off Bermuda&#8217;s coast on Saturday. The dude had just hooked the fish when it suddenly leapt out of the water, speared him just below his collar [...]]]></description>
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