~When Cool is NOT Cool…..
A MISUNDERSTANDING over the word 'cool' has left a 36-year-old fighting for his life in the intensive care unit of Changi General Hospital.
His injuries are so bad, that he has been unconscious since he was beaten up on Sunday morning. Doctors have removed his damaged gall bladder and also operated on his pancreas which was ruptured.
Safety officer Mr Nico Ramon arrived at a party, organised by his older uncle at a chalet in Changi, just after midnight on Sunday. As he did not know anyone there aside from his uncle, aunt and two cousins, he was taken on a round of introductions to the group of about 10 youths known to his uncle.
It was during one introduction that he replied: 'That's cool, man. It's nice to meet you.' But someone else at the party misheard the word 'cool' as an expletive and a confrontation took place, said Mr Ramon's younger brother Mr Joshua Kannan, 34, yesterday.
Shortly after the incident, Mr Ramon called Mr Kannan, who was at his brother's Henderson Road flat, telling him that there had been a misunderstanding but the issue had been 'resolved'.
But Mr Kannan, who called to check on him, heard a commotion in the background before his brother let out a shriek and the line went dead.
[SOURCE: http://www.straitstimes.com]
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