Former "Survivor" Battles Office Fire

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Whoami

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 02:08 pm Click here to edit this post
I know I should have posted this in the SII section, but nobody has posted there for a while, and I thought it may get lost....

By The Associated Press

Michael Skupin's days as a "Survivor" contestant may be over, but the challenges keep coming.

Fire broke out Thursday in a building where Skupin was setting up an office for his motivational speaking business in Oakland County's Waterford Township, a suburb northwest of Detroit. He grabbed an extinguisher and tried to battle the flames, but gave up because of heavy smoke.

The fire caused minor damage and was put out quickly, Capt. Steve Booth said. It apparently started in a bathroom exhaust fan. No one was injured.

Skupin, 39, was forced to leave the CBS reality television series "Survivor: The Australian Outback" after his hands were badly burned when he passed out over a fire.


Last September, he and his family escaped serious injury when a twin-engine plane in which they were riding crash-landed along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Petoskey.

"People are beginning to wonder," Skupin said in a phone interview Thursday.

Luvmom

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 05:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Wow,
Michael has got to have a lot of heart and spirit to keep getting through all of the obstacles in his life so far.I hope something good happens for him soon!!

Car54

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 05:21 pm Click here to edit this post
I bet Mike has really high insurance rates.

Neko

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 06:59 pm Click here to edit this post
Ouch Car...Painful ^_^
Something with him and fires you know...

Lilliegirl

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 07:43 pm Click here to edit this post
I think Mike has a lot of bad luck, would hate to be married to him to much goes on in his life with fires.

Egbok

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 07:48 pm Click here to edit this post
He shouldn't have killed that piglet.

Moondance

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 07:53 pm Click here to edit this post
BAD piglet Karma!!!!!! I agree MsBok!

Max

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 07:57 pm Click here to edit this post
Wasn't there a scary movie like this? I didn't see it, but remember the previews showed something about a guy who was in a wreck of some sort and survived. The scary part was that "death" wasn't through with him yet and kept "stalking" him. Life imitates "art"?

Whoami

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 08:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Wasn't that the theme in Final Destination? A kid who was supposed to be on a plane that blew up (he dreamed about it, and panicked and got off the plane at the last second). Some of his friends got off with him. Then "death" started following them all around.

Hippyt

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 09:08 pm Click here to edit this post
I'm glad he's not my neighbor!!!

Joan

Friday, January 04, 2002 - 11:29 pm Click here to edit this post
Damn, he is just being handed material for his motivational speeches! hehe

Smileeys

Sunday, January 06, 2002 - 02:08 am Click here to edit this post
Whoami, I saw that movie, too. It was so weird but I kept watching it :)

Well, he has got about 6 more lives to go. Seriously, I hope things turn around for him or his newfound inspiration/faith/etc. may take a dive.