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Originally Posted by Airwaves
"...I am evil, I am media, we question authority and then we tell YOU what we have learned. At least the good ones do..."
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I've personally made newsprint on two occasions as a teen:
News item 1)
I was struck and injured by an outboard while swimming in Lake Winnipesaukee.
I swam under a moored boat and surfaced under an outboard motor that was tilted up out of the water. (With a minor cut to my scalp, requiring a trip to the ER, where the tale got to the press). 
News item 2)
I was a fatality in a car wreck.
I'd had a wreck the day before—with no injuries to either party—but fortunately I was present when my folks first encountered that morning's newsprint report and read that account aloud to me.
That said, when you read an account like "your fatal wreck", you look at safety altogether differently.
