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hockeypuck · 03-14-2008, 07:42 PM

I agree that personal responsibility comes into play here with this most unfortunate event. It appears that there is plenty of blame and or neglect to go around, and Murphy's Law reared it's ugly head. Was it an accident or just a merging of many decisions and events, none of which by itself were deadly but taken in a group proved to be.
I read an article about the events of that night and it did mention that the railing was 37 inches high at the point where he went over. I tend to think that at 37 inches the rail would hit an adult male below their center of gravity and it wouldn't take much to go overboard, especially given the other circumstances of wind, waves and alcohol.

03-14-2008, 07:42 PM	#20
hockeypuck Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern CT Posts: 169 Thanks: 19 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I agree that personal responsibility comes into play here with this most unfortunate event. It appears that there is plenty of blame and or neglect to go around, and Murphy's Law reared it's ugly head. Was it an accident or just a merging of many decisions and events, none of which by itself were deadly but taken in a group proved to be. I read an article about the events of that night and it did mention that the railing was 37 inches high at the point where he went over. I tend to think that at 37 inches the rail would hit an adult male below their center of gravity and it wouldn't take much to go overboard, especially given the other circumstances of wind, waves and alcohol.