Pelican 'bombs' bather in Florida

After another tourist's face is attacked in Florida, lawmakers in the state are calling for immediate action-- mandatory face-helmets have been proposed for all Florida residents. The bill's co-sponsor, representative Topper D. Bell, R-Sarasota, and scion of Bell Helmet family, applauded the move, saying protecting the faces of Floridians should be the legislature's immediate priority. "We'll only be truly safe when everyone is wearing a helmet over their face whenever they're outside," asserted Mr. Bell.

This pelican incident is the second time in less than three months that the unprotected face of a tourist has been attacked. In March, a Michigan woman was killed when an eagle ray sailed into her while her family roared through the ray's feeding grounds in a power boat. A lawsuit in that case is slowly winding its way through the Florida legal system, naming "Nature" as the culpable party in the case. Tourism is the third largest industry in Florida, after Kidney Dialysis and Slurpees.