[Scan-DC] Arlington responding to electrocution of two

[Doug Kitchener]

The fire dispatchers and EMS personnel in Montgomery frequently get that one wrong... but at least I've never heard anyone say anything like "electrocuted to death"!

The former Fire Department Public Information Officer here in Mtgy (now with DC, but I'm not mentioning any names) used to put out press releases to the effect of "succumbed to his injuries and died."

AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!

(Now, if he succumbed to his injuries and _lived_... I couldn't quarrel about that!)

Happy Thanksgiving anyway, all!

:)


> By the way, I was corrected earlier that "electrocution" means death. I
> should have used the term "shocked." After I was corrected, I noticed that
> when News Channel 8 first posted their news story earlier today, they also
> used the term "electrocuted," but a half-hour later they changed the
> headline to "shocked."
>
> Andy
 		 	   		  
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