Blonde Model walks into propeller blades and survives

PopcornTreeCt · 12-06-11, 02:04 PM

Lauren Scruggs, Model, Walks Into Plane Propeller, Survives

A 23-year-old model and fashion editor is lucky to be alive after she accidentally walked into a small plane's propeller on Saturday.

Lauren Scruggs, of Plano, Texas, was getting off a small private plane after looking at Christmas lights around the area when she walked into the moving propeller, Fox Dallas reports.

Scruggs' left hand was severed, and she suffered eye, shoulder and head injuries. She is now recovering at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, according to ABC News.

The fashion blogger of Lolo.com (and celebrity interviewer -- she interned on the set of "Gossip Girl") underwent several surgeries over the weekend. The extent of her brain injury is unknown at this time, a family spokesman told ABC News.

Lauren's parents spoke with "Good Morning America" on Tuesday. "Yesterday was a good day, there was a lot of really positive progress," Lauren's father Jeff told "GMA." "They took out her tube in the afternoon. She didn't speak right away ... I said Lauren will you say 'hi' to Daddy, and she goes, 'Hi.' Later she told one of Cheryl's sisters that she loves her. It's so encouraging to us. She's really uncomfortable as you can imagine."

It's unknown how Scruggs walked into the propeller, but her father thinks that she was going up to the cockpit to thank the pilot, saying, "She would have been grateful for him taking her up to see the Christmas lights around Dallas."

ABC News aviation consultant John Nance told the program that accidents like Scruggs' are "extremely rare." "It sounds like this is a combination of a bad procedure by the pilot and the passenger not properly realizing her proximity. One of the things I'd have to look at is why in the world a pilot permitted a passenger to board or deboard while a propeller was turning," Nance added.

Fox Dallas reports that the FAA is looking into the incident.

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Some of the comments on HuffPo are pretty funny. I figure you guys could come up with some good ones.

foofighters7 · 12-06-11, 02:09 PM

Did someone tell her the propeller was scratch n' sniff?

Shazam · 12-06-11, 02:10 PM

Guilty.

The Infidel · 12-06-11, 02:18 PM

"The extent of [the fashion blogger and celebrity interviewer's] brain injury in unknown at this time."

Sounds like she'll be able to get back to work in a couple days.

al_bundy · 12-06-11, 02:19 PM

the few times i flew a cessna i somehow avoided walking into the propeller. ditto on the 747, the few times i had to load it and unload it i avoided walking into the engines

Kmical · 12-06-11, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by The Infidel

"The extent of [the fashion blogger and celebrity interviewer's] brain injury in unknown at this time."

Sounds like she'll be able to get back to work in a couple days.

cungar · 12-06-11, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Shazam

Guilty.

Looks pretty innocent to me

Philzilla · 12-06-11, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cungar

Looks pretty innocent to me

clearly, this photo is too out of date to determine guilt or innocence

NORML54601 · 12-06-11, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Shazam

Guilty now.

Fixed

Patman · 12-06-11, 02:44 PM

Was she texting and not watching where she was going?

whoopdido · 12-06-11, 02:46 PM

Sorry, but definitely guilty.

Michael Corvin · 12-06-11, 03:07 PM

I doubt this incident will propel her career much.

Mosskeeto · 12-06-11, 03:12 PM

Just further proof of the "dumb blondes" fact. Seems like it even holds true with peroxide treated ones.

cungar · 12-06-11, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by whoopdido

Sorry, but definitely guilty.

I'm sure whoever you bump boots with is much hotter.

wishbone · 12-06-11, 03:39 PM

What a sinister accident.

Dr Mabuse · 12-06-11, 03:52 PM

whore!!!!!

grundle · 12-06-11, 03:56 PM

Fortunately, she has a twin sister, so the world of modelling won't have to suffer any losses from this incident:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...propeller.html

Lauren (left) with her father Jeff and twin sister Brittany

PopcornTreeCt · 12-06-11, 03:59 PM

She kinda looks like Jim Carrey in that pic.

shizawn · 12-06-11, 04:02 PM

I was thinking Matt Damon.

whoopdido · 12-06-11, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cungar

I'm sure whoever you bump boots with is much hotter.

I figured this response would come out eventually. Sorry, but based on pictures I've seen, she's not an attractive woman...especially if she calls herself a model. And yes, I can say, without question, that every woman I've had carnal knowlege of, has been more attractive than her. I'm sure she's a perfectly nice person, but she just isn't nice looking.

4KRG · 12-06-11, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by whoopdido

Sorry, but definitely guilty.

but do you have any pics of her from before she hit the propeller?

Kmical · 12-06-11, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by whoopdido

Sorry, but definitely guilty.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4KRG

but do you have any pics of her from before she hit the propeller?

You owe me a new shirt, after I spit up my drink all over the front of it while reading your post

Sonic · 12-06-11, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt

She kinda looks like Jim Carrey in that pic.

that's fucked up

Mabuse · 12-06-11, 04:18 PM

Do Christmas lights look good from the air? Have I been missing out on something?

Vibiana · 12-06-11, 04:27 PM

This is how she learned that the airport turnstile is HORIZONTAL ... and it's over there by the ticket desk.

12-06-11, 02:04 PM	#1
PopcornTreeCt DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 25,826	Blonde Model walks into propeller blades and survives Lauren Scruggs, Model, Walks Into Plane Propeller, Survives A 23-year-old model and fashion editor is lucky to be alive after she accidentally walked into a small plane's propeller on Saturday. Lauren Scruggs, of Plano, Texas, was getting off a small private plane after looking at Christmas lights around the area when she walked into the moving propeller, Fox Dallas reports. Scruggs' left hand was severed, and she suffered eye, shoulder and head injuries. She is now recovering at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, according to ABC News. The fashion blogger of Lolo.com (and celebrity interviewer -- she interned on the set of "Gossip Girl") underwent several surgeries over the weekend. The extent of her brain injury is unknown at this time, a family spokesman told ABC News. Lauren's parents spoke with "Good Morning America" on Tuesday. "Yesterday was a good day, there was a lot of really positive progress," Lauren's father Jeff told "GMA." "They took out her tube in the afternoon. She didn't speak right away ... I said Lauren will you say 'hi' to Daddy, and she goes, 'Hi.' Later she told one of Cheryl's sisters that she loves her. It's so encouraging to us. She's really uncomfortable as you can imagine." It's unknown how Scruggs walked into the propeller, but her father thinks that she was going up to the cockpit to thank the pilot, saying, "She would have been grateful for him taking her up to see the Christmas lights around Dallas." ABC News aviation consultant John Nance told the program that accidents like Scruggs' are "extremely rare." "It sounds like this is a combination of a bad procedure by the pilot and the passenger not properly realizing her proximity. One of the things I'd have to look at is why in the world a pilot permitted a passenger to board or deboard while a propeller was turning," Nance added. Fox Dallas reports that the FAA is looking into the incident. -- Some of the comments on HuffPo are pretty funny. I figure you guys could come up with some good ones.

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