Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Man Kills Self on Calif. Freeway > LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man shot himself to death > Thursday on live television after stopping his truck on > a freeway overpass, aiming a shotgun at traffic and > unfurling a banner criticizing health maintenance > organizations. > > Television helicopters captured the drama as rush hour > traffic backed up for miles on several of the area's > busiest freeways. > > The man leaped from his truck when it burst into > flames, apparently trapping a dog in the cab. > > The man pulled off his burning clothes, went to the > edge of the overpass as if to jump, then backed off, > picked up the shotgun and shot himself. Some TV > stations airing the scene live were unable to edit the > graphic action. > > For nearly an hour before the man killed himself, > cameras were trained on him as he sat in the truck, > patted his dog, drank from a can, talked on a cellular > phone and fumbled with a backpack. > > He got in and out of the truck at least twice to unfurl > the banner, which read: ``HMO's are in it for the > money. Live free, love safe or die.'' -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
