Body Surfer drowns on Volusia County beach

[thundley4]

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The story isn't all that important in this case.  It's more about the insensitivity or black humor of the sites administrators.  To go along the tragic drowning, they provided a helpful picture.




I mean it is very helpful.












Very, very helpful.







They decided to let you know,







What it might look like if someone drowning.





It should have said drowned, not drowning. 

[Eupher]

There's a lot more flaky with the story than what you pointed out, thundley.

Volusia County Beach Patrol tells FOX 35 the 54-year-old man from Orlando, whose not being identified at this time, drowned while body surfing.

Should be "who is" or "who's" not "whose".

Scott Peterson also tells us that the surf and waves, played a part in the drowning.

Oh, really? I thought it might've been something like being sucked under by a giant Wet Vac.  

It happened a little before 4 p.m. Saturday, a half mile north and Bethune Beach in South New Smyrna.

WTF?

At this time, Volusia County Beach Patrol is advising everyone to stay out of the ocean Sunday through Monday.

Wow. A 24-hour ban. That'll really keep somebody from drowing (see next example) on a Thursday.  

This was the first drowing of the 2009 year.

As opposed to the 2010 year, which hasn't happened yet. Unless you're on a fiscal year that starts in July. Or September. Or whatever.

I guess the editor was at the beach instead of reviewing this story for basic grammar, spelling, and stupidity errors.