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New York Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Ex-pro wrestling star Buff Bagwell has right leg amputated: ‘This is hard'
Pro wrestling great Buff Bagwell underwent surgery to have his right leg amputated above his right knee, his friend Steve Stasiak wrote on social media on Friday. Bagwell, whose real name is Marcus Bagwell, due to complications from injuries he suffered in a car crash in 2020, Stasiak wrote on Facebook. Stasiak said the injuries never fully healed. 'I've known Buff a long time. I've seen him in the spotlight, I've seen him behind the scenes, and I've seen him fight through things most people never even hear about. This one… this is hard,' Stasiak's post read. 'For him. For everyone who knows and loves him. 'The injuries from his 2020 accident never fully healed. He gave it everything he had to avoid this outcome—but that fight led him here. And now begins a whole new kind of battle. 'Buff was one of the brightest stars of a wild era in wrestling. He made you look. He made you care. But it's who he is as a person—past the lights, past the persona—that I hope people think about today.' The pro wrestling world offered their thoughts and prayers for Bagwell on social media as word reached X that he had had the surgery. Pro wrestling great Buff Bagwell had his right leg amputated. Marcus Buff Bagwell / YouTube Bagwell underwent surgery after complications from injuries he suffered in a car crash in 2020. Maven Huffman / YouTube Bagwell, 55, competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1991 to 2001 and then briefly in WWE after WWE bought its rival North American promotion. He also competed for Total Nonstop Action wrestling and others. He was a five-time WCW tag-team champion and was ranked No. 66 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 wrestlers of 1999.
Pembrokeshire Herald
27-05-2025
- Pembrokeshire Herald
Driver claimed ‘kidnap by Islamic male' after crashing drink-drive vehicle
A POLISH motorist who crashed his car after driving over the legal alcohol limit told police he had been kidnapped and held to ransom by an Islamic male threatening to harm his friend. However, the claim was not accepted by police, prosecutor Sian Vaughan told Haverfordwest magistrates this week, as 47-year-old Pawel Stasiak appeared in the dock. Stasiak, of Little Road, Hayes, London, pleaded guilty to drink-driving, driving without a licence, and driving without insurance. The incident began just before 9:00pm on May 9, when Stasiak was seen walking out of the Co-op store in Pembroke. A witness saw him bend down to speak to some children, and believed an inappropriate word had been said. Stasiak then shook the children's hands and got into his car. 'He was then seen driving the wrong way against the flow of traffic,' said Ms Vaughan. 'He was also seen making a praying gesture with his hands before driving off at speed.' Minutes later, his Toyota RAV4 was found crashed at the entrance to Newton Farm campsite, near Freshwater West. The vehicle had mounted a grass verge, smashed through a fence, and come to rest with Stasiak in the driver's seat and a dog beside him. He then got out and walked into a nearby field. 'He appeared either intoxicated or in shock, as he was staggering around,' Ms Vaughan said. Police arrived at the scene but Stasiak initially refused a roadside breath test, claiming he had been kidnapped by an Islamic male and was being ransomed due to threats made against a friend. He was arrested and taken into custody, where he later provided breath samples with a reading of 60 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. Supported by a Polish interpreter in court, Stasiak became emotional as he addressed the magistrates. 'I had a huge problem with alcohol, but I stopped drinking for ten years,' he said. 'Then my brother passed away in December, and since then, everything has come back.' Magistrates disqualified him from driving for 20 months. He was fined £161 and ordered to pay £85 in court costs and a £64 victim surcharge.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Testing confirms avian flu after hundreds of dead geese found near Lipton, Sask.
Hundreds of dead geese found this spring in fields near Lipton, Sask., 90 kilometres north east of Regina, died from avian influenza, reflecting a provincial uptick in the deadly disease, according to the Ministry of Environment. Tests completed earlier this month confirm the birds died from H5, the highly pathogenic strain of avian flu. Iga Stasiak, a wildlife health specialist with the ministry, said there have been several reports this spring of dead flocks of geese. She said that in some cases, there were hundreds of dead birds reported at sites. "It is actually quite unusual to see this scale of mortality," Stasiak said. "With this recent strain it seems to affect birds more seriously, so we have seen increased mortality in wild bird populations, which is concerning." The number of wild birds dying from avian flu is higher than normal, but hasn't reached 2022 levels, when the virus was new to Canadian bird populations, Stasiak said. Avian influenza is spread through contact with infected manure, feed and water. It's also transmitted on clothing and vehicles, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Symptoms in birds include lethargy, tremors, gasping for breath and sudden death. The positive avian flu tests in the Lipton area were found in Ross geese, Stasiak said. The CFIA has also detected avian flu in domestic poultry and subsequently placed three farms under quarantine. One of those farms is in the RM of Lipton, near the site where the dead Ross geese were found. That location is listed on the CFIA website as a non-commercial, non-poultry premise. A non-commercial poultry operation in the RM of Colonsay and a third in the RM of Indian Head are also under CFIA quarantine. Michael Kautzman, executive director of the Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan, said avian flu is worrisome and can devastate poultry stock. "Once they've been infected, the virus tends to act very quickly in the birds and it tends to end up killing them … and it does happen very quickly," Kautzman said. "It's pretty stressful on farmers, it's pretty stressful on the industry." Kautzman said his organization has contacted poultry producers to remind them to follow existing bio-security measures to help prevent infection at other sites. Those measures include limiting visitors to farms, and cleaning vehicles, clothing and footwear. "It's something you try and mitigate, but it's never 100 per cent no matter what you do." Kautzman said the CFIA is brought in if birds get sick to try to stop the spread. Stasiak said the strain of avian flu detected in the Lipton-area geese is the same one detected at a British Columbia ostrich farm. Owners of that ostrich farm have been fighting a CFIA order to cull 400 birds after the virus was detected in some of the animals last year. Trent Bollinger, a professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and regional director and pathologist at the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, confirmed there has been an increase in dead birds coming in for avian flu testing and autopsies, but he expects the numbers to start dropping as the migratory season ends. "In Alberta they don't seem to be seeing the same kind of increase in mortalities," he said. "It's probably reflecting different flyways of geese." Bollinger said avian flu is an overwhelming viral infection that attacks birds' tissue. "It's a severe systemic disease. It can cause neurological damage, it can cause respiratory signs it can cause necrosis in liver," he said. "The fear is … the potential for change that will result in transmission and easy spread in other species, including people."
BBC News
14-02-2025
- BBC News
Rugby baby murder accused couple deny charges
A man and woman have denied murdering a baby who suffered a cardiac Stasiak, 26, of Blackwood Avenue and 24-year-old Kinga Wydrzynska, of Johnson Avenue, both in Rugby, appeared at Warwick Crown Court having both been accused of murder and causing or allowing the death of a services went to an address in Rugby, Warwickshire, at about 04:30 GMT on 7 January after reports the infant was seriously admitted two counts of possessing an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child. One-year-old Isabella Stasiak was taken to hospital for treatment but she was later pronounced pair will appear at Warwick Crown Court for a trial estimated to last eight weeks, on January 12 2026. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
