Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 5345483)

They’ve stopped looking for him. No hope.

Originally Posted by Iceman King Gertner (Post 5345670)

I'm still amazed that they never won the tag belts. Especially in that era.

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 5345618)

This is really awful news. Can't believe some of your are making such shitty jokes. I've seen people more heartbroken about drug overdoses from our 'heroes' around here. Dude goes out a hero and gets reduced to some unfunny banter.

Yeah, I know, none of us know him, people die every day, that's what we do around here, blah blah blah. Still pretty shitty.

Couldn't imagine being his ten year old son right about now.

Originally Posted by Vastardikai (Post 5345655)

My joke was more on the fact that Vince is out of touch.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc

The lifeguard who first responded to Shad and his son at around 4pm local time on Sunday, between 50 and 70 yards off the shore, said the Gaspards were caught in a strong rip current, enveloped in what's called an "impact zone."

"The best way I can describe it," said Kenichi Haskett, Section Chief of the LA County Fire Department - Lifeguard Division who personally debriefed the lifeguard. "is like being inside a front-loading washing machine. The waves keep crashing on you, pushing you down. ... I've been through that, those kind of rescues. You think you might die."

This was the first weekend where Los Angeles County opened its beaches since the coronavirus stay-at-home order was issued. Swells were 6 feet and the current was fast, water was choppy due to bad weather. Shad and his son were now 200 yards north of where the lifeguard first spotted them. The lifeguard tried to deliver a "rescue can" (small buoy-like device to tow distressed swimmers back to shore) to Shad and his son, but the boy was unable to secure it due to the size of the waves.

The lifeguard, who also has a middle school-aged son, was now presented with an excruciating dilemma as he recognized how big Shad was - 6 foot 6 inches, around 270 pounds.

"Based on the gentlemen's size and the conditions in the water...," Haskett said, "these are choices we do not want to make."

The lifeguard reported that Shad told him to rescue his son first. "Take my son," Shad said.

Less than three minutes later, Shad's son was safe on the shore, physically unharmed but deeply distraught.

"Dad told me to push off to the guy," Shad's son told Steve Smith, a firefighter-paramedic from Rescue 63 in Venice. Shad's son kept saying that: "Dad told me to push off to the guy."

The lifeguard then turned back to make a quick return to the ocean, and saw Shad again.

"A wave pushed him under in the impact zone," said Haskett. "He didn't resurface after that."

Originally Posted by Savio (Post 5345729)

MSNBC is reporting he died of Corona virus.

Originally Posted by Vastardikai (Post 5345534)

Vince sent his condolences to the family of Darren Young. :shifty:

Originally Posted by Tom Guycott (Post 5345750)

I really hope the kid doesn't internalize this as somehow being his fault.

Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito (Post 5345673)

I saw Cryme Tyme at WrestleCon last year. I knew Shad was a huge dude of course but I was blown away at how big JTG was in person considering he was one of the smallest guys on the main roster his whole time there. I dunno if he'd bulked up since he'd left or if that's just perspective on how big a lot of the roster really are.