My college roomate got his face blown off

[WilliamPitt]

This dude was psycho. Total madman. Brilliant, hilarious, but a madman. If you watch Junkyard Wars, he's been a 'Team Leader' for a while now.

Anyway...

http://www.madagascarinstitute.com/



More:

On Saturday January 24, Chris Hackett, Founder of the Madagascar Institute in Brooklyn, New York, sustained massive physical injuries when an explosive art-piece he was developing detonated in his face. The explosion left him with broken bones in his face, a broken jaw, and burns throughout his body. Like many working artists, Hackett has no medical insurance and no money to pay for the reconstructive surgery he will need for his face. In response to the explosion, the NYPD sent their anti-terrorism unit to The Institute and confiscated all of the Institute's computers, maps of various spots in New York City, and other personal and professional materials.

http://laughingsquid.org/sfmad/

Egads.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Jesus, Will...

That's just horrible. Is there anyway I can contribute to a medical fund?

Thed overreaction by the NYPD is to be expected, though. Just another day in Fear, USA...

[WilliamPitt]

2. Go to the first link provided

It has a donor button.

Thanks.

[Richardo]

3. I literally have no idea how to respond to this...

...college roommate? Junkyard Wars? Explosive art piece? The mind boggles - at least mine does.

He has my best and most fervent wishes for a full and speedy recovery, but I gotta agree with your "psycho" call there, Will.

[WilliamPitt]

4. You didn't live with him

Insane dude. Great guy, but insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane.

[SheilaT]

5. Explosive art piece?

I'm supposed to be sympathetic and maybe donate money to someone who's this stupid?

How about a Darwin award?

[WilliamPitt]

6. Actually, he's frikkin brilliant

Staggeringly so, which certainly made him more dangerous to himself, given his...erm...tastes.

[VelmaD]

7. Wow

I don't even begin to know what to say honey. *blink*

I'll being sending up vibes for a speedy and full recovery.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Holy fuck...

...I hope he gets well...I think...

[WilliamPitt]

9. Me, too

I called him - for the first time since college, really. I hope he will be OK. He's the kind of guy, though, that didn't wanted to die without some scars. I have more than a few from my time with him. This, I think, was more than he bargained for.

[GOPisEvil]

10. I've seen the guy on TV...

...he's got that genius/whacko thing down. He's got some serious scars now.

Not good when the cops seize your stuff though. Not good at all.

[supernova]

11. M'Kay... hope the recovery and rehab go well

for him. We need all the brains we can get.

Ashame he didn't go for a quieter discipline, like say.... astrophysics.

[WilliamPitt]

12. Wasn't his style

He used to get mail from the PLO. He'd send away for information, and they'd write back. Seriously. He wasn't hardcore for Palestine. Just enjoyed getting mail that had been pre-opened by the FBI.

[supernova]

13. Oh Lordy, he sounds like a younger version of

Oscar Acosta. :D

[WilliamPitt]

14. That is very, very near accurate

We had some crazy times together. :)

[supernova]

15. Oh do tell, Will

I won't tell anyone else, promise!

[WilliamPitt]

17. Yeah, right

We were halfway to Barstow on the edge of the desert when...

[supernova]

19. LOL! I have an mp3 file

of that speech. It's a leadin to The Dead Kennedys' Viva Las Vegas.

[KoKo]

16. This is very sad to hear. He must have been very creative....in another

sphere...God Bless him that he recovers. Sounds so talented we won't know yet how far out he was. But, then some creatives move so far out it's hard to recognize it all. :-(

[WilliamPitt]

18. He is known as "The Benevolent Dictator"

among the art crew in Brooklyn. That soulds like the guy I remember. He has made a mark already, and will continue to do so.

Thanks.

[SOteric]

20. How horrific for him.

One of my closest friends endured severe cranio-facial trauma a while back and it's at least heartening to know that modern medicine is able to do remarkable things with regard to this sort of injury. How fortunate for him that his eyesight was not damaged and that no long-term brain damage was sustained.

Dude. And I thought one of the writers I roomed with in grad school was wild.

[Paragon]

21. Cripes...

Sounds like another bad Mel Gibson movie.

Sorry, man. :(

[WilliamPitt]

22. .

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Where did you go to school, anyway?

I must have missed this. This is really horrific. My college compatriots are all liberal lesbians. :shrug: