Amateur fireworks are the worst
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A truly senseless waste of human life:
Matiss Kivlenieks, a goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League, died Sunday night after a fireworks accident at the home of the team’s goaltending coach, a spokesperson for the organization said Tuesday.Kivlenieks was a guest at coach Manny Legace’s home in Novi, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, for a party celebrating Legace’s daughter’s wedding, a spokesperson for the Blue Jackets said. Kivlenieks attended the July 4 party with Blue Jackets teammate and fellow Latvian Elvis Merzlikins.Kivlenieks, 24, died from a fireworks mortar blast and chest trauma, according to Inspector Mitch Brown of the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office.
In addition to being a major safety and fire hazard, they’re also the most irritating thing in the world for anyone in proximity to hear. But, all that aside, they’re still dumb.