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Probably the coolest Saint.
My dog, Jack.
American Tourist Kills Mugger in Costa Rica
By Dan Schlossberg
ConsumerAffairs.com
February 27, 2007
Foreign muggers who consider U.S. tourists easy prey should think again. A 70-something ex-Marine just killed a masked assailant in Costa Rica.
The unidentified American was part of a Carnival Liberty cruise group that hired a driver in Limon, 80 miles from the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, when the daylight attack occurred. Three masked men, brandishing a gun and knives, accosted the Americans as they were leaving the van at a beach.
That's when the former Marine collared the 20-year-old gunman, who had prior arrests for assault, and choked him. He was pronounced dead of asphyxiation at a Limon hospital.
The mugger was identified as Warner Segura but the name of the man who saved his friends was withheld by both Costa Rican authorities and the U.S. Embassy to protect his privacy.
No charges were filed, according to local law enforcement officials, because the ex-Marine acted in self-defense. The group was allowed to return to the ship, which was delayed only slightly by the incident.
Although Costa Rica has coveted the American tourist dollar, it has also had to cope with increasing levels of violence in recent years. With attacks against American tourists on the rise throughout the Caribbean, visitors would be wise to travel in groups and be especially wary after dark.
Huh, guess his training took...
Current ride - 2006 Husqvarna 610 Supermoto. Insane. If you ride hard, double click the image and watch two guys tear it up on their Husky SM610's...whoa...
One of the eeriest pictures I've ever seen from WWII. From the book, "Combined Operations" (1943) by Lord Louis Mountbatten. The caption reads, "The storming of Maaloy. The assault in progress, lit by the glare of a phosphorous bomb, which shows up the enemy position to our men and makes a smoke screen to protect their own flank...The street fighting was bitter."
 
Hemingway. Wildman.
Ivan Pacheco
Sheila E is absolutely captivating in this video clip - watch the WHOLE thing - 2 min. She's definitely got chops.
Marine Raiders. Guadalcanal. Questions?
If you know who this is, what he's doing and when this photo was taken YOU are cool.
Lightning, definitely cool.
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