Return-path: <Gypsykayak_at_aol.com> From: Gypsykayak_at_aol.com Full-name: Gypsykayak Message-ID: <67.87243db.26cda9a5_at_aol.com> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:48:37 EDT Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] How would you deal with the following situation To: Dave_Seng_at_health.state.ak.us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 111 In a message dated 08/17/2000 3:13:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Dave_Seng_at_health.state.ak.us writes: << There's not a whole lot that you're going to be able to do for them if you're not trained and your risk could be high. Don't attempt something like this at the edge of your personal performance/safety envelope - there's no guarantee that help will arrive in time. >> I recently wrote "thank you for your bravery-type letters" to a rescuer and a potential rescuer. The last one was presented posthumously to the deceased's mother. Two little girls had fallen into a lake. One guy goes in to try and rescue them, but he is not a strong enough swimmer and he drowned. A second guy went in. One of the little girls also died. sandy kramer - police dept writer. - they recieved bravery awards miami *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> From: Outfit3029_at_aol.com > If you are not "prepared" to get involved, then, do not get involved. > Someone with skills may be watching and wrongly decide that you have the > situation in hand. Definitely a good point, Bruce, that I haven't seen mentioned before... don't assume everything is under control. Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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