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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 10:26 AM
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Two men go hunting together, die of heart attacks
WENATCHEE, Washington (AP) -- Two elderly men who had gone turkey hunting together died of apparent heart attacks just minutes apart, authorities said.

Elmer Sapp, 78, and Alfred Hurd, 70, were hunting south of East Wenatchee on Monday when Hurd got out of a pickup truck and chased a bird down an embankment.

Sapp followed and found his hunting partner lying on the ground, according to Chelan County Sheriff Mike Harum. Sapp then went back to the pickup, flagged down a motorist, told the motorist what happened and then collapsed.

Autopsies were to be performed on both men.

Clifton Sapp, Sapp's 56-year-old son, said his father had suffered heart problems for several years.

"Al and Dad were just good friends. To lose a friend and a father, it's just crazy," Clifton Sapp said.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/hunter.deaths.ap/index.html



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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 10:33 AM
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1. Oh, dear...if you're that old, do not go hunting with someone even older.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 10:34 AM
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2. When I Saw The Subject Line, I Thought This Was A Joke
How sad.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 10:37 AM
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3. No Joke.
It was very sad. But if there is a positive thing about it, it would be that they died while doing what they enjoyed.

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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 10:45 AM
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4. If you have to go, what better way to do it?
with your best friend, doing something you-erm-live to do and to go quickly-I'd say these 2 gentlemen hit the trifecta (the first one to go being slightly luckier).
and even beyond trifecta-lived to a good age, and lived in a beautiful part of the world.

I hope I can be as lucky.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 10:46 AM
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5. the doctors told my dad he had a year to live...maybe...
that was five years ago...he still go's out every weekend (weather permitting) to the reservation to go fishing...none of us would think of telling him not to...hell...it may be what's keeping him alive...
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