• @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      The grenade landed 18.6 metres (61 ft) from the podium

      Bush was thrown at by someone who couldn’t throw

      • Transporter Room 3
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        5 months ago

        Got WAY closer than 60ft though.

        I remember watching that and losing my shit.

        Of course at the time, it was because I was a teenager and “haha president almost got hit by a shoe”

        Now it’s funny for different reasons, but still.

      • @RapidcreekOP
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        75 months ago

        You know where “close” counts?

    • Nougat
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      25 months ago

      The grenade failed to detonate. Although original reports indicated that the grenade was not live, it was later revealed that it was. After Arutyunian pulled the pin and threw the grenade, it hit a girl, cushioning its impact. The red handkerchief remained wrapped around the grenade, and it prevented the striker lever from releasing.

      No mention of it being “a training grenade [which] could not fire.” Source?

        • Nougat
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          25 months ago

          In case you missed the rest of that very sentence:

          … it was later revealed that it was [live].