NYTimes profiles Coney Island policeman

July 14, 2007 at 4:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City

An NYTimes article about a policeman whose beat is the Coney Island boardwalk has a sad footnote to Joey Chestnut’s Nathan’s victory:

Joey Chestnut, 23, established a world record by eating 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes in the annual Nathan’s contest. Officer Nevandro posed for pictures with the new champion.

Then, at 4:11 p.m., a 46-year-old man on the beach approached a lifeguard, shouted, “Call 911!” and pulled out a .38-caliber pistol and shot himself in the face. Officer Nevandro had been talking with workers at Astroland, the amusement park, and when the call came across, he rode his golf cart to the scene. The lifeguard and the police tried to revive the man, who was from Pennsylvania, but he was pronounced dead a short time later.

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  1. Mega Munch said

    July 14, 2007 @ 6:06 pm

    Thanks for that uplifting story OJ.

  2. Anonymous said

    July 14, 2007 @ 6:27 pm

    He probably couldn’t believe the results.

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