On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Steve Cramer <cramer_at_uga.edu> wrote: > > Two questions: > > 1. Would the use of a life jacket have made it any easier to pull him out > of the water? > > 2. Did anybody consider cutting the suspenders? > > If they had cut the suspenders then what would they have grabbed to try to pull him out of the water. Geez Steve... ya gotta think this completely through. And a PFD, of course, would have made it even *more* difficult to grab the suspenders. We should not just immediately assume these people are idiots. Craig *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 02 2010 - 12:49:34 PDT
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