joshedwards.com » death http://joshedwards.com Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:15:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Death in Dubai http://joshedwards.com/2010/10/25/death-in-dubai/ http://joshedwards.com/2010/10/25/death-in-dubai/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:21:25 +0000 Josh http://joshedwards.com/?p=1368 Tragic, and avoidable: “Fellow competitor blames heat, safety lapses in death of swimmer Fran Crippen“.

Key quote:

An American swimmer blamed the blazing heat, unusually warm surf and lack of medical and safety personnel on the course for the death of former University of Virginia swimmer Fran Crippen, 26, in an open-water race Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.

Unfortunately, that sounds all too much like the Dubai I know …

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