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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

'G.I. Joe' film crew member killed on set in New Orleans

NOLA.com: Michael Huber, 54, of Ponchatoula was pronounced dead around noon on Tuesday at University Hospital, said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish coroner.
Gagliano declined to discuss details of the death or Huber's injuries.

3 comments:

Sonia said...

I feel that we are getting more and more of these articles, and that is a truly tragic thing. I know that they havent released any details yet, but I dont understand how this keeps happening with more and more frequency. I mean I understand that accidents happen...I guess what I am trying to say is that we all know that safety precautions are in place, or at least hope there are. But does it come from the negligence of the worker or the company or both? I am really sorry for this man and his family, I hope that we are able to wake up to the fact that these events are happening and so something about it. Because whats in place right now is obviously not working.

js144 said...

I completely agree with Sonia. There have been some really dark turns for the people that are working in and around a set. The thing is, there are so many "professionals", and this isn't a live performance of GI Joe, so there aren't as many spur of the moment type of actions. That being said, why was this so sudden and how is it that all of the "professionals" working around the set at the time miss it or simply can't explain it. I really believe that someone knows what's going on. It is understandable that they want to shield this potential blockbuster hit from any bad revenue but something isn't right about the limited story we are getting. It is incredibly sad that this man had to die, it sounded like he had a good life.

Unknown said...

I have to disagree with Sonia here. I don't think we've been seeing more and more of these reports because more are happening but because we've the means to read them. Suddenly, with communication being what it is we can read about these instances almost as they're happening. Because there's suddenly so many avenues for filtering this specific information from the vastness of the Interwebs, that's why we are able to see an increased frequency of them.

Without details, this article is kind of useless. No details of the accident or what may have caused it; only a "Huber loved his work and his family will miss him" statement. I don't mean to be heartless about the man's death but, aside from sympathy, what exactly are we to take from this article?