Sept 2018 - Child killed in hammock accident!

[dkurfiss]

Please be sure you check the trees you attach your hammock to. This child lived less than 15 miles from me.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...41891.html?586

[romelwell]

My god, this is horrible.


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[OneClick]

Just awful! For that other kid being right there too...it's gotta be hard to come back from something like this at that age.

[Smckinney0031]

Wow, I just cant imagine!

[TrailSlug]

I feel for the responsible party that hung the hammock. They will live with this from now on.

[BillyBob58]

This is heartbreaking. Wasn't there a similar incident not all that long ago? Trees are dangerous rascals. If you hike and camp,you are always under or near them, oft times even in a tent. Of course, in a hammock,we add to the chance of a tree just falling over or dropping large branches, the chance of pulling one over on us.

[OneClick]

This is heartbreaking. Wasn't there a similar incident not all that long ago? Trees are dangerous rascals. If you hike and camp,you are always under or near them, oft times even in a tent. Of course, in a hammock,we add to the chance of a tree just falling over or dropping large branches, the chance of pulling one over on us.

At least a few in the last year it seems.

They didn't go into details, but there's always the chance this was a perfectly "healthy looking" tree. Sometimes you just don't know what tress are going to do. I think this is the case more times than you would think. Or the news reporting was a little weak (you don't say!!). Could have been something like a branch that came down, a weak spot where it connected and not the actual tree, but that's how it was reported.

[Tyroler Holzhacker]

This is indeed tragic news. I echo what others have said about wishing the news team told more details of this accident and how it could have been avoided unless is was a freak accident. Prayers for the families of this accident.

[Shug]

Just terrible news.
Seems to happen every year.
Always be aware.....https://youtu.be/RLDgYoLysf8
Shug

[Trecker8]

Please be sure you check the trees you attach your hammock to. This child lived less than 15 miles from me.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...41891.html?586

Uh oh. They'll be outlawing hammocks next.