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In honor of Tampa's Orient Road jail's appreciation of the handicapped, the local radio station wacky morning show on 97X attempted a reenactment with one of their paraplegic listeners. His prize for the humiliation of being thrown from his wheelchair by Morning X producer Danielle in a corrections office outfit? Free... Full Story

People Really Will Do Anything For Radiohead Tickets And that "anything" includes recreating not-all-that-hilarious videos of people being mistreated while under arrest featuring someone "sexy" in the mistreater's role! Yes, Tampa-area radio station 97X gave its wheelchair-bound listeners the "opportunity" to be dumped out of their wheelchair and into a pile of bubble wrap, Orient Road Jail-style--and if the chosen listener made it through the whole thing, he'd get a pair of tickets to see Radiohead. I have to say that the one thing that bums me... Full Story

From the 2/20/08 TBT - Page 4:
At least the fake deputy felt bad Quick quiz: What do he words "sexy deputy outfit," "paraplegic," and "Radiohead" have in common? Give up? Why, a radio morning show, of course! Tampa Bay's 97X Morning X show invited on a paraplegic man in a wheelchair to recreate the recent Orient Road Jail wheelchairdumping incident in exchange for Radiohead tickets. The 38-year-old was tipped onto a sheet of bubble wrap by "Deputy Danielle." The man answered any doubters who accused the station of taking advantage of him by saying he was "just having a good time." Danielle wasn't fully convinced, but she played along after saying: "I'm gonna do it — I'm gonna kick your a--! You're going on the floor. But I know I feel very bad about it." Poor Danielle. Watch the video at 97xonline.com.

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