Nature's Wrath On A Brooklyn Dodgeballer

When it's nature versus hipsters, nature usually wins. First it was the Brooklyn Kickballers being scared of the newly planted saplings in McCarren Park, and now this. The Daily News reports that 23-year-old Justin Calicchio was playing a game of dodgeball in Carroll Park yesterday when a tree branch came out of nowhere and pinned him to the ground. Yikes. He told the paper from his hospital bed that, "I blacked out. Everything is starting to become clear again. My girlfriend has been telling me about it and I'm starting to remember now." He is suffering from back injuries but was told he barely dodged more serious problems. A friend reported back saying the branch was too big and fell too fast that there was no escaping it. Calicchio has lived in Carroll Gardens his whole life, and says the tree has always been there, and "branches have fallen off before." Paging the Parks Department!

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By Jen Carlson in News on July 10, 2009 10:45 AM

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schizofriendly

Hail Treesus!

JPPSBK

clearly forgot about the 5 ds in dodgeball: dodge, dip, duck, dive, dodge.

i lived in carroll gardens for a few months and a massive branch fell through my car window the first month i was there. after that i noticed all of the trees in that neighborhood looked very unhealthy. anyone from the neighborhood notice this?

speaking of, i didn't know who to blame so i blamed hipsters.

sowhtifithppnsitwll

I have noticed the condition of Brooklyn's trees for over a dozen years.

they are rotted on the inside and covered with algee which is a sign of disease.

When trees fell on the Parkway killing a correction officer it should of opened up

some eyes.

Most of the trees in Sheepshead Bay should be replaced before with all this rain they come crashing down.

Oh, did I say I hate Bloomberg?

Brooklynbobby

Guido kebab!!!

Billiamsburg

so basically the definition of hipster has become 'anyone who partakes in any type of activity while in the borough of Brooklyn.'

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

We have a winner!

True on Gothamist at least.

The air of desperation here of late is hilarious. Fluff. Innuendo. Celeb gossip. Non-stories. Regurgitated old non-stories. Etc.

NannyState

Even the trees have had it with that bullshit.

SC

If you're older than 16, find a real fucking sport to play, hipster. Then god won't have to smite you for looking like a retard.

CR

Widow-maker.

dr zippy

an Italian-American

stupid fingers.

dr zippy

Wait, and Italian-American, Carroll Gardens native is a hipster? I thought all hipsters were children of well-off Midwesterners...

Manitoba

The size of the branch has nothing to do with how fast it was falling, so if you can dodge a small branch, you can dodge a large one.

Of course, the force of the impact and the transfer of momentum from the branch to his spine is affected by the mass, so he's screwed there.