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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
And now the really sad wrestling news:
Body found on beach identified as missing former WWE star Shad Gaspard
The body of former World Wrestling Entertainment star Shad Gaspard was found early Wednesday on Venice Beach, where he was caught in a rip current last weekend, police said.
Patrol officers were flagged down around 1:25 a.m. by a person reporting that a body had washed ashore, a Los Angeles Police Department statement said.
"The decedent was identified as Shad Gaspard and next of kin was notified," it said.
Gaspard was 39. He went missing Sunday after he went swimming with his 10-year-old son, Aryeh. The boy was rescued, and several other swimmers made it out of the water safely after they were caught in the strong currents at Venice Beach.
Gaspard was about 50 yards from shore when he was last spotted by a lifeguard, police said. A wave crashed over him and he was swept out to sea.
"When last seen by the lifeguard, a wave had crashed over Mr. Shad Gaspard and he was swept out to sea," police said in a statement Monday.
His wife, Siliana Gaspard, issued a statement Tuesday thanking authorities and fans.
"We would like to express our gratitude to the first responders who rescued Aryeh and to the lifeguards, coast guard, divers, fire and police departments for their continued efforts to help find our beloved Shad," the statement said.
Gaspard gained prominence in the WWE as half of the tag team group Cryme Tyme, along with his partner, JTG.
Since retiring from the WWE in 2010, Gaspard has had small roles on TV and in movies, including the 2015 Kevin Hart comedy "Get Hard."
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29199075/body-found-beach-where-wwe-shad-gaspard-went-missing
Family was always first for WWE superstar Shad Gaspard
When the lifeguard arrived, between 50 and 75 yards off Venice Beach, the boy and his father were caught in the rip current, enveloped in what's called an "impact zone."
"The best way I can describe it," said Kenichi Haskett, Section Chief of the LA County Fire Department - Lifeguard Division, "is like being inside a front-loading washing machine. The waves keep crashing on you, pushing you down. ... I've been through that, those kind of rescues. You think you might die."
This was Sunday afternoon, shortly before 4 p.m., the first weekend Los Angeles County opened its beaches since the stay-at-home order. The swells were 6 feet, and the current was fast, as the father and his 10-year-old son were now 200 yards north from where the lifeguard first spotted them.
The lifeguard, whom Haskett personally debriefed, tried to deliver a "rescue can" -- a small, buoy-like device to help tow distressed swimmers back to shore. "But because of the size of the waves, the boy couldn't secure it," Haskett said.
That presented the lifeguard -- who has a middle school-aged son himself -- with an excruciating dilemma. The father was 6-6, about 270 pounds, with shoulders the size of a small desk.
"Based on the gentlemen's size and the conditions in the water...," Haskett said, "these are choices we do not want to make."
Then again, based on the gentlemen's character, there was never a choice.
"Take my son," said the father, a former professional wrestler named Shad Gaspard, to the lifeguard.
Save my son.
Three minutes had not passed before the boy was safe on shore. He was physically unharmed, but deeply distraught. "Dad told me to push off to the guy," he told Steve Smith, a firefighter-paramedic from Rescue 63 in Venice. The boy kept saying that: "Dad told me to push off to the guy."
The guy. The lifeguard.
Just as he turned back, making a hasty return to the ocean, the lifeguard saw the father again. "A wave pushed him under in the impact zone," said Haskett. "He didn't resurface after that."
The rescue divers went in immediately. Then, the Coast Guard. Still, there's been no sighting of "the gentleman" Shad Gaspard.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29194379/wwe-shad-gaspard-man-supposed-be
R.I.P.
Body found on beach identified as missing former WWE star Shad Gaspard
The body of former World Wrestling Entertainment star Shad Gaspard was found early Wednesday on Venice Beach, where he was caught in a rip current last weekend, police said.
Patrol officers were flagged down around 1:25 a.m. by a person reporting that a body had washed ashore, a Los Angeles Police Department statement said.
"The decedent was identified as Shad Gaspard and next of kin was notified," it said.
Gaspard was 39. He went missing Sunday after he went swimming with his 10-year-old son, Aryeh. The boy was rescued, and several other swimmers made it out of the water safely after they were caught in the strong currents at Venice Beach.
Gaspard was about 50 yards from shore when he was last spotted by a lifeguard, police said. A wave crashed over him and he was swept out to sea.
"When last seen by the lifeguard, a wave had crashed over Mr. Shad Gaspard and he was swept out to sea," police said in a statement Monday.
His wife, Siliana Gaspard, issued a statement Tuesday thanking authorities and fans.
"We would like to express our gratitude to the first responders who rescued Aryeh and to the lifeguards, coast guard, divers, fire and police departments for their continued efforts to help find our beloved Shad," the statement said.
Gaspard gained prominence in the WWE as half of the tag team group Cryme Tyme, along with his partner, JTG.
Since retiring from the WWE in 2010, Gaspard has had small roles on TV and in movies, including the 2015 Kevin Hart comedy "Get Hard."
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29199075/body-found-beach-where-wwe-shad-gaspard-went-missing
Family was always first for WWE superstar Shad Gaspard
When the lifeguard arrived, between 50 and 75 yards off Venice Beach, the boy and his father were caught in the rip current, enveloped in what's called an "impact zone."
"The best way I can describe it," said Kenichi Haskett, Section Chief of the LA County Fire Department - Lifeguard Division, "is like being inside a front-loading washing machine. The waves keep crashing on you, pushing you down. ... I've been through that, those kind of rescues. You think you might die."
This was Sunday afternoon, shortly before 4 p.m., the first weekend Los Angeles County opened its beaches since the stay-at-home order. The swells were 6 feet, and the current was fast, as the father and his 10-year-old son were now 200 yards north from where the lifeguard first spotted them.
The lifeguard, whom Haskett personally debriefed, tried to deliver a "rescue can" -- a small, buoy-like device to help tow distressed swimmers back to shore. "But because of the size of the waves, the boy couldn't secure it," Haskett said.
That presented the lifeguard -- who has a middle school-aged son himself -- with an excruciating dilemma. The father was 6-6, about 270 pounds, with shoulders the size of a small desk.
"Based on the gentlemen's size and the conditions in the water...," Haskett said, "these are choices we do not want to make."
Then again, based on the gentlemen's character, there was never a choice.
"Take my son," said the father, a former professional wrestler named Shad Gaspard, to the lifeguard.
Save my son.
Three minutes had not passed before the boy was safe on shore. He was physically unharmed, but deeply distraught. "Dad told me to push off to the guy," he told Steve Smith, a firefighter-paramedic from Rescue 63 in Venice. The boy kept saying that: "Dad told me to push off to the guy."
The guy. The lifeguard.
Just as he turned back, making a hasty return to the ocean, the lifeguard saw the father again. "A wave pushed him under in the impact zone," said Haskett. "He didn't resurface after that."
The rescue divers went in immediately. Then, the Coast Guard. Still, there's been no sighting of "the gentleman" Shad Gaspard.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29194379/wwe-shad-gaspard-man-supposed-be
R.I.P.
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