{"id":163782,"date":"2021-02-23T10:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=163782"},"modified":"2021-02-23T10:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:29:25","slug":"expectant-father-28-killed-by-exploding-gender-reveal-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expectant-father-28-killed-by-exploding-gender-reveal-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Expectant Father, 28, Killed By Exploding Gender Reveal Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexpectant-father-28-killed-by-exploding-gender-reveal-device%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=163782&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gender-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An expectant father in upstate New York was killed on Sunday when a device he was constructing for a gender reveal party exploded, according to state police.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Pekny, 28, was building the device to reveal his child\u2019s gender in the Catskills town of Liberty when it blew up. The blast killed Pekny and injured his brother, Michael, 27, who was treated for his injuries at the Garnet Medical Center in Middletown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/02\/23\/gender-reveal-party-device-explodes-new-york-man-killed\/4553453001\/\">according<\/a> to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Robin Hood diner in Livingston Manor, which has been owned and operated by the Pekny family since the 1980s, mourned the loss of Christopher in a statement,\u201d the paper said. \u201c\u2018We are deeply saddened and must inform you all of the loss of our dear and beloved Christopher,\u201d the family wrote on Facebook. \u201cWe appreciate the overwhelming display of love and support that you all have shown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Pekny, the two men\u2019s oldest brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/22\/nyregion\/gender-reveal-explosion-ny.html\">told<\/a> The New York Times that the blast was \u201cthe freakiest of freak accidents that I could ever imagine.\u201d He also said he didn\u2019t know what caused the explosion, and police released no other details, although similar devices shoot out a pink-or-blue burst to reveal the sex of the baby.<\/p>\n<p>The soon-to-be father was \u201cincredibly close\u201d with his brother Michael and excited to soon be a father, Peter Pekny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2021\/02\/23\/gender-reveal-explosion-new-york\/\">told<\/a> The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was finally ready to settle down and he was so happy to be a dad,\u201d Peter Pekny told the paper. \u201cHe was just this big kid, ready to be a man. And this shouldn\u2019t have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christopher would have turned 29 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been two nights in a row of not being able to sleep, waiting, hoping to hear that this is all some crazy misunderstanding,\u201d Pekny<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>told the Post. \u201cBut we all know that\u2019s not the reality here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Pekny told the Post that his younger brother Michael had his knee reconstructed and doctors said he would one day regain mobility in both of his legs. But he said the loss of Christopher will never heal. \u201cWith all the wonders of modern medicine, they can piece his legs back together, but they still don\u2019t have anything to piece back together a broken heart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first a gender reveal has ended in tragedy. Earlier this month, a 26-year-old Michigan man died after he was struck by shrapnel from a cannon being used at a baby shower.<\/p>\n<p>And in September 2020, a gender reveal pyrotechnic device ignited a massive wildfire in southern California. A smoke device deployed at the El Dorado Ranch Park in California started a wildfire that burned for 23 days across 22,000 acres and led to the death of a firefighter.<\/p>\n<p>In another accident, debris from a homemade explosive used for a gender reveal struck a woman in Iowa and killed her in October 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An expectant father in upstate New York was killed on Sunday when a device he was constructing for a gender reveal party exploded, according to state police. 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