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Tombstoning jumper may never walk again

The man injured when tombstoning off a Hampshire pier has been told he may never walk again.

Sonny Wells, leapt into shallow water on Sunday and was taken to Southampton General Hospital with a broken neck.

The 20-year-old from Waterlooville jumped from South Parade Pier in Southsea.

It has been reported that he landed in just three feet of water.

He will remain in hospital for the forseeable future as he begins treatment.


Youngsters risk their lives for thrills
Yesterday, the Daily Echo reported how teens in Southampton were taking similar risks by jumping 25ft into the River Test from the Redbridge Causeway.

10:51am Tuesday 13th May 2008

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Posted by: George on 12:14pm Tue 13 May 08
(sits and waits for the taxpaying contingent to come and moan about what a burden he's going to be - how tiresome)
Posted by: JB Soton, Gosport on 1:32pm Tue 13 May 08
Totally unavoidable!

Look before you leap!





Posted by: JB Soton, Gosport on 2:06pm Tue 13 May 08
JB Soton wrote:
Totally unavoidable!

Look before you leap!





Whoops that should be totally Avoidable!
Posted by: tax payer on 2:11pm Tue 13 May 08
George wrote:
(sits and waits for the taxpaying contingent to come and moan about what a burden he's going to be - how tiresome)
not tiresome at all
Posted by: Lucy, Waterlooville on 2:25pm Tue 13 May 08
If you read the article, it states the man was from Waterlooville...Wate
rlooville is not Portsmouth, they are separate places. So all the "skate" comments are inarguably factual errors on your part. And i'm sure whoever said "gutted" would not feel that way had it of been someone they knew. Clearly that person has a very limited perspective, I pity you. I witnessed the man being pulled from the water, and believe me, it was not something I would want to witness again, it was an upsetting sight, whether common sense prevailed him or not.
Posted by: Osama Bin Laden, A Cave far far away on 2:37pm Tue 13 May 08
Lucy wrote:
If you read the article, it states the man was from Waterlooville...Wate
rlooville is not Portsmouth, they are separate places. So all the "skate" comments are inarguably factual errors on your part. And i'm sure whoever said "gutted" would not feel that way had it of been someone they knew. Clearly that person has a very limited perspective, I pity you. I witnessed the man being pulled from the water, and believe me, it was not something I would want to witness again, it was an upsetting sight, whether common sense prevailed him or not.
Waterlooville is actually part of the Portsmouth Urban Area, so they are pretty much the same
Posted by: carole, blackfield on 2:38pm Tue 13 May 08
As the mother of somebody this has happened to, and , therefore, knowing what Sonny and his family are going through, it would be nice if people could remember that this is happening to real people and derogatory comments do not help. My son has talked to the echo in a bid to stop it happening to anybody else, he appreciates that with hindsight it was a stupid thing to do. Silly comments do not help.
Posted by: john, london on 3:46pm Tue 13 May 08
Silly comments do not help." nope, doing stupid things like jumping in three feet of water either...
Posted by: Kathryn on 3:49pm Tue 13 May 08
carole wrote:
As the mother of somebody this has happened to, and , therefore, knowing what Sonny and his family are going through, it would be nice if people could remember that this is happening to real people and derogatory comments do not help. My son has talked to the echo in a bid to stop it happening to anybody else, he appreciates that with hindsight it was a stupid thing to do. Silly comments do not help.
your comment is wasted!! the guy knew he shouldn't have been jumping, and only has himself to blame.
Posted by: voiceofyouth, everywhere on 4:02pm Tue 13 May 08
i use to do this a few years back as a teenager, and we always use to check the deepness of the water and the direction of the tide before we would jump.
Posted by: Lucy, Waterlooville on 4:27pm Tue 13 May 08
Osama Bin Laden wrote:
Lucy wrote: If you read the article, it states the man was from Waterlooville...Wate rlooville is not Portsmouth, they are separate places. So all the \"skate\" comments are inarguably factual errors on your part. And i\'m sure whoever said \"gutted\" would not feel that way had it of been someone they knew. Clearly that person has a very limited perspective, I pity you. I witnessed the man being pulled from the water, and believe me, it was not something I would want to witness again, it was an upsetting sight, whether common sense prevailed him or not.
Waterlooville is actually part of the Portsmouth Urban Area, so they are pretty much the same
I've lived in Waterlooville all my life. Portsmouth ends at Cosham....Portsmouth is actually an island which ends at Hilsea Roundabout where the bridge crosses the water by the Lido. Waterlooville is its own place, as much as Fareham or Gosport is...they just happen to be near Portsmouth. The best way of categorising the two would be to say they are both in Hampshire, however this would make someone from Waterlooville no different to someone from Southampton....contr
adicting many comment makers on this page...
Posted by: George on 4:42pm Tue 13 May 08
tax payer wrote:
George wrote:
(sits and waits for the taxpaying contingent to come and moan about
what a burden he\\\\'s going to be - how tiresome)
not tiresome at
all
It bleedin' well is tiresome to read endless drivel spewed out by self-absorbed nobodies who seem to think that just because they pay a little bit of income tax, they're somehow entitled to judge everyone else. Would you rather your taxes were used to save lives, or to put endless surveillance in place to keep tabs on you? Go moan about some more deserving cause will you? Time will come when you're a burden on Joe Taxpayer, and I bet you'll be just as sanctimonious about that when it happens
Posted by: Hold up on 5:29pm Tue 13 May 08
George wrote:
tax payer wrote:
George wrote: (sits and waits for the taxpaying contingent to come and moan about what a burden he\\\\'s going to be - how tiresome)
not tiresome at all
It bleedin' well is tiresome to read endless drivel spewed out by self-absorbed nobodies who seem to think that just because they pay a little bit of income tax, they're somehow entitled to judge everyone else. Would you rather your taxes were used to save lives, or to put endless surveillance in place to keep tabs on you? Go moan about some more deserving cause will you? Time will come when you're a burden on Joe Taxpayer, and I bet you'll be just as sanctimonious about that when it happens
Got the response you were waiting for then! Now you can spew out your own version of anti tax payer drivel - drivel.
Posted by: George on 5:40pm Tue 13 May 08
Hold up wrote:
George wrote:
tax payer wrote:
George wrote:
(sits and waits for the taxpaying contingent to come and moan about
what a burden he\\\\'s going to be - how tiresome)
not
tiresome at all
It bleedin' well is tiresome to read endless
drivel spewed out by self-absorbed nobodies who seem to think that just
because they pay a little bit of income tax, they're somehow entitled
to judge everyone else. Would you rather your taxes were used to save
lives, or to put endless surveillance in place to keep tabs on you? Go
moan about some more deserving cause will you? Time will come when
you're a burden on Joe Taxpayer, and I bet you'll be just as
sanctimonious about that when it happens
Got the response you
were waiting for then! Now you can spew out your own version of anti
tax payer drivel - drivel.
Yep
Posted by: SJ, Woolston on 5:57pm Tue 13 May 08
As I sit here, I am watching kids jump from the pilongs underneath the Itchen Bridge...they have to first swim out to them, then climb a ladder, then they jump off...ok the water is a bit deeper there..but there are jet skis around, and they arent supose to do it, and who cares anyway...I bet there parents dont know
Posted by: Andy, Locks Heath on 6:19pm Tue 13 May 08
Osama Bin Laden wrote:
Lucy wrote:
If you read the article, it states the man was from Waterlooville...Wate
rlooville is not Portsmouth, they are separate places. So all the \"skate\" comments are inarguably factual errors on your part. And i\'m sure whoever said \"gutted\" would not feel that way had it of been someone they knew. Clearly that person has a very limited perspective, I pity you. I witnessed the man being pulled from the water, and believe me, it was not something I would want to witness again, it was an upsetting sight, whether common sense prevailed him or not.
Waterlooville is actually part of the Portsmouth Urban Area, so they are pretty much the same
No, Osama, Lucy is quite correct. Obviously you don't get Mapquest in your cave.
Posted by: i know best, dorset on 9:55pm Tue 13 May 08
people should be ok to jump any where its a free country.
Posted by: Denzil, Chilworth on 10:30pm Tue 13 May 08
Lucy wrote:
Osama Bin Laden wrote:
Lucy wrote: If you read the article, it states the man was from Waterlooville...Wate rlooville is not Portsmouth, they are separate places. So all the \"skate\" comments are inarguably factual errors on your part. And i\'m sure whoever said \"gutted\" would not feel that way had it of been someone they knew. Clearly that person has a very limited perspective, I pity you. I witnessed the man being pulled from the water, and believe me, it was not something I would want to witness again, it was an upsetting sight, whether common sense prevailed him or not.
Waterlooville is actually part of the Portsmouth Urban Area, so they are pretty much the same
I've lived in Waterlooville all my life. Portsmouth ends at Cosham....Portsmouth is actually an island which ends at Hilsea Roundabout where the bridge crosses the water by the Lido. Waterlooville is its own place, as much as Fareham or Gosport is...they just happen to be near Portsmouth. The best way of categorising the two would be to say they are both in Hampshire, however this would make someone from Waterlooville no different to someone from Southampton....contr adicting many comment makers on this page...
It is still full of mutants though Lucy. Leigh Park isn't in Portsmouth either but it's still full of skates. How many kids have you got by the way, 4 or 5?
Posted by: Sam Cochrane, Canada on 9:31am Wed 14 May 08
As the mother of somebody this has happened to, and , therefore, knowing what Sonny and his family are going through, it would be nice if people could remember that this is happening to real people and derogatory comments do not help. My son has talked to the echo in a bid to stop it happening to anybody else, he appreciates that with hindsight it was a stupid thing to do. Silly comments do not help.

Sorry Carol - I do not agree. Not all the comments are silly. I appreciate it is "real" people but regardless of "highsight it was a stupdi thing to do" they did it nonetheless. What annoys me is NOT the comments on the board but the comments from the parents of one of the weekend tombstoners who does not seem to think that "6 vodkas" was a lot and he was not "tombstoning" he "fell." Desipte him telling folk he had the "vodkas for courage before he tombstoned."
Posted by: Lucy, Waterlooville on 12:08pm Wed 14 May 08
Denzil wrote:
Lucy wrote:
Osama Bin Laden wrote:
Lucy wrote: If you read the article, it states the man was from Waterlooville...Wate rlooville is not Portsmouth, they are separate places. So all the \"skate\" comments are inarguably factual errors on your part. And i\'m sure whoever said \"gutted\" would not feel that way had it of been someone they knew. Clearly that person has a very limited perspective, I pity you. I witnessed the man being pulled from the water, and believe me, it was not something I would want to witness again, it was an upsetting sight, whether common sense prevailed him or not.
Waterlooville is actually part of the Portsmouth Urban Area, so they are pretty much the same
I've lived in Waterlooville all my life. Portsmouth ends at Cosham....Portsmouth is actually an island which ends at Hilsea Roundabout where the bridge crosses the water by the Lido. Waterlooville is its own place, as much as Fareham or Gosport is...they just happen to be near Portsmouth. The best way of categorising the two would be to say they are both in Hampshire, however this would make someone from Waterlooville no different to someone from Southampton....contr adicting many comment makers on this page...
It is still full of mutants though Lucy. Leigh Park isn't in Portsmouth either but it's still full of skates. How many kids have you got by the way, 4 or 5?
I'm not entirely sure how you can call the people of Portsmouth mutants when there are so many heartless thus inhuman Southampton people on this comment board alone. It does not matter where the man was from (i was merely correcting a geographical error someone made). What the short sighted people that have appeared on this page don't seem to get (in spite of many of their comments being deleted therefore clearly being considered "unsuitable") is just this: A young person almost died and may never walk again. They are all the facts that matter. Its a human life whether he is from one town, or the town next to that. As for his decision to jump; he is going to be punished for that misjudgement for the rest of his life, he does not need idiots constantly pointing out that it was a stupid thing to do.
I have no children....although I do not see what that has to do with anything????
Posted by: Denzil, Chilworth on 12:20pm Wed 14 May 08
You seem like a sensible girl Lucy. Get out while you can love. You can do so much better.
Posted by: Lucy, Waterlooville on 3:30pm Wed 14 May 08
Denzil wrote:
You seem like a sensible girl Lucy. Get out while you can love. You can do so much better.
Denzil, i'm sure i've seen your name on here more times than those last 2 messages, however none of those messages appear to be displayed here now. Am I to assume this means you are one of the short sighted idiots I was referring to? And please don't call me "love"
Posted by: Denzil, Chilworth on 6:07pm Wed 14 May 08
Lucy wrote:
Denzil wrote:
You seem like a sensible girl Lucy. Get out while you can love. You can
do so much better.
Denzil, i'm sure i've seen your name on here
more times than those last 2 messages, however none of those messages
appear to be displayed here now. Am I to assume this means you are one
of the short sighted idiots I was referring to? And please don't call
me \\\"love\\\"
There there, sweetheart, don't let it get you down. There's a good girl
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