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NOVEMBER 17, 2021
HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK 11
An unnamed Thai woman, 34, who lives in Bangkok, was apparently very unhappy that she wasn’t informed that two painters, using ropes, would be working on the outside of her building on Oct. 12. So, she cut their support rope, the Associ- ated Press reported.
Woman Cuts Painters’ Rope
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summon help from people in other apartments. A couple on the 26th floor finally let them in.
repeated calls to the hiker’s cellphone, which went unan- swered. The hiker, who didn’t realize a search party was look- ing for him, told officials that he ignored the calls because he didn’t recognize the phone number.
One of the painters, a man named Song, said he and his co-worker had lowered them- selves from the 32nd floor to repair cracks. When he reached the 30th floor, he felt some- thing on the rope and looked down to see someone on the 21st floor lean out of the win- dow and cut his rope. A third colleague supported them from the top floor as they tried to
The suspect confessed to cutting the rope and said she had no intention of killing the workers, but she faces at- tempted murder and property destruction charges.
LCSR officials recommend- ed the following: “If you’ re
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A hiker in Colorado who was on a trail to Mount Elbert got lost on Oct. 18, wandering in the woods until the next morning. Lake County Search and Rescue began looking for the man that evening and continued through the night, Fox News reported, making
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