Dwayne Johnson dies saving daughter in rock slide accident

[King Ghidorah]

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/dwayne-johnson-colorado-rock-slide_n_4023491.html?utm_hp_ref=impact

In order to protect his teenage daughter from a deadly rock slide, a Colorado dad threw his body into the oncoming boulders and sacrificed his own life, TODAY reported.

Five hikers were killed while hiking on a popular trail in south-central Colorado on Monday morning, according to the Associated Press, but 13-year-old Gracie Johnson made it out with a broken leg and a few other injuries thanks to her father’s selflessness.

“I’m glad she survived,’’ Chaffee County sheriff deputy Nick Tolsma told TODAY. “Her dad is a real hero, saved her life.”

The heavy boulders unexpectedly cascaded down the Agnes Vaille Falls on Monday morning at around 11 a.m., rolling over and killing the five victims, according to the Denver Post.

According to Chaffee County Undersheriff John Spezze and Chaffee County Sheriff Pete Palmer, the area’s recent rains may have loosened the large boulders and the rocks were then released from a cliff shelf above the falls.

The slide left behind a gash the size of a football field below Mount Princeton -- a 14,197-foot peak, according to the Associated Press.


"There are rocks in there the engineers estimate are 100 tons," Spezze told the Post. "I've never seen something like this."
Gracie’s football coach dad, Dwayne -- who used his body to shield his daughter -- was killed in the slide along with the teen’s mom, Dawna, a track coach at Buena Vista High School. The names of the other victims have not been released.

Dozens of students held a vigil at Buena Vista in Gracie’s honor on Monday evening where counselors and community members were on hand to comfort the teens, according to the Mountain Mail.

“We know that the community pulls together,” Principal Brian Yates told the paper. “People like to support each other in a small community. That’s one of the best parts of a small community.”

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Like this post if your first thought was about the wrestler/actor.

[Mozenrath]

Oct 4, 2013 4:25:48 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Like this post if your first thought was about the wrestler/actor.

I did not. I figured right away, due to the section, that this would just be a case of the same name.

That was very heroic of the father. I hope his daughter will not suffer from survivor's guilt.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Oct 4, 2013 4:33:54 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Oct 4, 2013 4:25:48 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Like this post if your first thought was about the wrestler/actor.

I did not. I figured right away, due to the section, that this would just be a case of the same name.

Note how I didn't specify a context... It could easily be something as innocuous as "Rock? Nah...".

But yeah... still sad about the actual guy.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

So Dwayne Johnson saved his daughter from a rock slide, is life too f***ing weird or what?

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

I find it very disturbing that when covering the tragic story of a man sacrificing himself to save his daughter, these "journalists" mostly saw an opportunity to grab extra viewers by misleadingly making them believing a celebrity was involved as well as making a pun mocking the man's cause of death. Keep it classy, Huffington Post.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

Guess he hit....Rock Bottom!


(I feel terrible about posting that, before anyone says anything.)

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Oct 4, 2013 4:57:46 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

I find it very disturbing that when covering the tragic story of a man sacrificing himself to save his daughter, these "journalists" mostly saw an opportunity to grab extra viewers by misleadingly making them believing a celebrity was involved as well as making a pun mocking the man's cause of death. Keep it classy, Huffington Post.

Let's see, they reported the man's name. He happens to have the same name as a celebrity and the only one who has made even close to a pun was me and the guy who posted while I was writing this.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Oct 4, 2013 5:26:54 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Oct 4, 2013 4:57:46 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

I find it very disturbing that when covering the tragic story of a man sacrificing himself to save his daughter, these "journalists" mostly saw an opportunity to grab extra viewers by misleadingly making them believing a celebrity was involved as well as making a pun mocking the man's cause of death. Keep it classy, Huffington Post.

Let's see, they reported the man's name. He happens to have the same name as a celebrity and the only one who has made even close to a pun was me and the guy who posted while I was writing this.

Had he been called anything else, they would have titled the story "Colorado Man dies while saving daughter", posting it with the title "Dwayne Johnson, Colorado Rock Slide Victim, Sacrificed Life To Save Teen Daughter" really comes off as them having a giggle at a guy because he was crushed by rocks and his name Dwayne Johnson! And people may even think it's the famous one! Oh boy it's so hilarious because he's dead and his daughter is traumatized!

I don't even mind people laughing at tragedy but when professional journalists put the main focus on how it's hilarious that the dead guy's name is ironic in the context of his death, I can't help but be somewhat disturbed.

[Rumble McSkirmish]

Oct 4, 2013 4:33:54 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Oct 4, 2013 4:25:48 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Like this post if your first thought was about the wrestler/actor.

I did not. I figured right away, due to the section, that this would just be a case of the same name.

That was very heroic of the father. I hope his daughter will not suffer from survivor's guilt.

And the fact this thread hasn't surpassed 100 pages yet.

Still a very noble sacrifice on the part of the father.

[Red Impact]

Oct 4, 2013 6:40:45 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

Oct 4, 2013 5:26:54 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Let's see, they reported the man's name. He happens to have the same name as a celebrity and the only one who has made even close to a pun was me and the guy who posted while I was writing this.

Had he been called anything else, they would have titled the story "Colorado Man dies while saving daughter", posting it with the title "Dwayne Johnson, Colorado Rock Slide Victim, Sacrificed Life To Save Teen Daughter" really comes off as them having a giggle at a guy because he was crushed by rocks and his name Dwayne Johnson! And people may even think it's the famous one! Oh boy it's so hilarious because he's dead and his daughter is traumatized!

I don't even mind people laughing at tragedy but when professional journalists put the main focus on how it's hilarious that the dead guy's name is ironic in the context of his death, I can't help but be somewhat disturbed.

You make an assumption that it's unusual for them to put the name of someone they're writing about in the headline. For Huffington, it's not unusual, they do it fairly regularly, like here, and here. That's just on the main page today and isn't even all of the examples, there are many others throughout the site. They put the names of the subjects of stories in the headline often, so to add an ulterior motive to the fact that they did it to poke fun at his name, which they never did in the course of the story, is ridiculous to me. It sounds like you're just making up a reason to be outraged by it, maybe because this thread probably was posted because of his name. But Huffington didn't act any differently from normal.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Oct 4, 2013 7:15:01 GMT -5 Red Impact said:

Oct 4, 2013 6:40:45 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

Had he been called anything else, they would have titled the story "Colorado Man dies while saving daughter", posting it with the title "Dwayne Johnson, Colorado Rock Slide Victim, Sacrificed Life To Save Teen Daughter" really comes off as them having a giggle at a guy because he was crushed by rocks and his name Dwayne Johnson! And people may even think it's the famous one! Oh boy it's so hilarious because he's dead and his daughter is traumatized!

I don't even mind people laughing at tragedy but when professional journalists put the main focus on how it's hilarious that the dead guy's name is ironic in the context of his death, I can't help but be somewhat disturbed.

You make an assumption that it's unusual for them to put the name of someone they're writing about in the headline. For Huffington, it's not unusual, they do it fairly regularly, like here, and here. That's just on the main page today and isn't even all of the examples, there are many others throughout the site. They do this fairly often, so to add an ulterior motive to the fact that they did it to poke fun at his name, which they never did in the course of the story, is ridiculous to me.

You're just making up a reason to be outraged by it, they operated the way they always do.

Okay fine, maybe I did overreact on that one but please, if you're going to give me shit about making assumptions, don't make assumptions about me yourself.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Guys, settle down.

[Bootista]

I did think it was about The Other Dwayne Johnson

[GuyOfOwnage]

Based on the section and the fact there was no 800 page thread about The Rock's death in WWE Current, I knew immediately that it was just a case of the same name.

[Blindkarevik]

Dwayne Johnson killed by Rock.... really, I thought it was the other way around.


and to show I'm not a heartless son of a bitch.... here's hoping his family can recover, and he did die a hero.



... nah, still heartless son of a bitch.

[rapidfire187]

My heart skipped a beat. f***. I'm too drunk for shit like this.