Angler's genitals struck by lightning

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Taitung angler's genitals struck by lightning

The China Post news staff

TAITUNG, Taiwan -- An angler's genitals were struck by lightning while he was fishing yesterday morning at a reef on Green Island, located off Taiwan's coast in the eastern county of Taitung, according to coastal patrol policemen.

The angler, 47 and named Chen Ming-wen, was fishing at a reef off the Nanliao Bank of the Green Island, when a bolt of lightning -- attracted by the fishing pole he was holding -- struck, running down to his privates.

Soon after being informed of the accident at 8:55 a.m. that morning, firemen rushed to the spot and sent Chen to a nearby clinic for emergency medical treatment.

Coastal patrol policemen then sent Chen to Mackay Memorial Hospital for further treatment,

Doctors said that Chen had some 20 percent of his body burnt, and remained conscious, adding that they would conduct further examinations to see if Chen's sex ability is undermined or not.

Weathermen said that as the thunderstorm would linger in Taitung area, people had better not expose themselves to the open space.

Meanwhile, a veteran angler said fishing men should be aware that the general fiber-carbon fishing pole can conduct electricity.

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The Xian Daily from May 24 2007

HDW-MOBILE. What's it mean? Well, I can do more here than just send pictures from my Treo650. I do travel a bit. Above is an image - a full page scan of a newspaper from Xi'an. It is the front page of one of the largest daily papers there. Cultural heritage is not a small think there, it is a big thing. We we're doing the culminating conference of a large project, of which, this is an image and article about our work there. You'll have to learn Chinese is you want to read the article.

The image is in a flash zoom viewer. You can put the zoom and toolbar away by clicking on the gray edge of the windows. Otherwise clicking in the window allows you to zoom in on the page scan.