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04-26-2014, 04:01 AM
Huge Pope John Paul II Crucifix Collapses, Kills Young Tourist
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It's been a very sad few days in the small town of Cevo in **rthern Italy, where a 98-foot-tall crucifix constructed to ho**r the late Pope John Paul II collapsed and killed (http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2014/04/24/john-paul-ii-crucifix-crushes-young-man_30dc3065-58b1-4ad5-93e1-ceb9abc71f86.html) a 21-year-old tourist named Marco Gusmini on Thursday, just before the late pope is slated to be ca**nized on Sunday.
The large cross, which hung with a statue of Jesus Christ, weighed 1,320 pounds. According to the BBC (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27145931), a ground of young children nearby witnessed the incident
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Image: CBS News
This isn't the first time something of this nature has happened. In 2004, the Associated Press reported that a 7-foot-tall metal crucifix in the southern Italian town of Sant'O**frio killed a 72-year-old woman. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/pope-john-paul-ii-crucifix-crushes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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It's been a very sad few days in the small town of Cevo in **rthern Italy, where a 98-foot-tall crucifix constructed to ho**r the late Pope John Paul II collapsed and killed (http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2014/04/24/john-paul-ii-crucifix-crushes-young-man_30dc3065-58b1-4ad5-93e1-ceb9abc71f86.html) a 21-year-old tourist named Marco Gusmini on Thursday, just before the late pope is slated to be ca**nized on Sunday.
The large cross, which hung with a statue of Jesus Christ, weighed 1,320 pounds. According to the BBC (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27145931), a ground of young children nearby witnessed the incident
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA0LzI1Lzc2L2NydWNpZml4Z2lmLjY3YjMyLmdpZg pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/53292b80/3c5/crucifix-gif.gif
Image: CBS News
This isn't the first time something of this nature has happened. In 2004, the Associated Press reported that a 7-foot-tall metal crucifix in the southern Italian town of Sant'O**frio killed a 72-year-old woman. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/pope-john-paul-ii-crucifix-crushes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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