As you may already know, Australia has been suffering for major flooding and in the mist of it a 19 year old couple decided it would be great fun to float down the flood-swollen Yarra River, using blow up dolls as a flotation devices, it all blew up in a woman’s face yesterday when she lost her latex playmate in a rough patch.
They were floating down the river on two inflatable dolls and had just passed the Pound Bend Tunnel when the woman lost her toy in turbulent water.
She clung to a floating tree, calling for help while the man stayed with her. Fortunately for the pair, a passer-by called triple zero while while a kayaker took life jackets to the pair. Police and the SES crew hauled the water-logged thrill seekers to safety.
But, with Queensland in the grip of a deadly emergency and 50 rescues from flood waters around Victoria in the past week, police were not amused at the pair's "stupid" actions.
‘‘We’ve got people busy with rescues and to have to divert resources to that sort of thing is not ideal," said Senior Constable Wayne Wilson
‘‘Most rescue organizations would frown on people behaving in such a manner because there are people out there who are in genuine need of assistance,’’ he said.
The rescued pair were checked by ambulance officers but did not require medical attention.
‘‘The fate of the inflatable dolls is unknown,’’ said Senior Constable Wilson.
Morons are everywhere. I would think they should be at least fined for misusing resources during a national emergency. Agree?
2 comments:
MSN:
Yeah, after we're done laughing at these idiots...let's FINE them.
Agreed.
See, and there's that human interest angle I was looking for the other day!
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