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05/24/2004: The best laid plans of mice and men....
According to Baseball Library, a planned scattering of ashes went a bit awry two years ago today:
The pilot of a small plane carrying the remains of an avid Mariners' fan attempts to drop the ashes above SAFECO Field, but the canister bounces off the stadium roof and lands on the street. Fear of an attack brings police and firemen rushing to the stadium.Maybe I've got this wrong, but when you attempt to scatter someone's ashes, don't you open up the urn and sort of spill them out? Not just chuck the unopened urn out of the window of the plane?
Len on 05.24.04 @ 08:01 PM CST
Replies: 2 comments
on Monday, May 24th, 2004 at 11:13 PM CST, bryan@dumka.com">Bryan said
The pilot probably forgot to remove the safety wire on the dispersal charge.
Actually, this is rather tricky because of prop wash. Locally they use a piece of PVC pipe to ensure that the ashes don't get blown back into the aircraft.
Lots of people want their ashes scattered in the Gulf of Mexico and the advertising pilots are cheaper than charter boats.
on Tuesday, May 25th, 2004 at 8:29 AM CST, Len Cleavelin said
Interesting; it's good to have a comment from someone familiar with the procedure.