sparkyjames
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Not a good one Im afraid,
Got my first call out today,( rember im new to the team) Seems two men were fishing a small river here and hit a rock with there boat and over turnd the craft.
from what I gather they were not hot rodding the boat just cliped the rock and upset there small boat.
one guy made it out ok but the last he seen of his friend was floating in the river, heading down stream. ( hip Wadders )
By the time we got the call and could make the drive to the site it was past the magic hour, we had help from the US Coast Gard they deployed a Helo to aid in the search
The Air Crew spotted some thing in the water but could not get close in for a better look
So it was decided two of our divers and a supervisor would be air lifted to the site in question
this turnded out to be a barel or a pipe of some sort. we had to call the search for tonight after that as the helo was low on fuel and it was getting way to dark to be
out.
Risk vs Benafit ( I know the rule dont mean I have to like it )
It was hard to leave the scean knowing I was going home to a hot meal and a warm bed and our victom wasnt,
Has this ever happend to you have you spent your time checking out what looks like something and it turns out to be nothing but so much debrey?
Im not talking bad leads this actuly looked like some one hunched over in the water could have fooled any one.
I know this must happen to other teams but it is frustrating when it happens to you
just want to do the right thing and bring them home and lose time for a barel
makes you want to throw the clown in that lost the barel
we are going back in the morning at first light so I will keep you posted
Sparky
Got my first call out today,( rember im new to the team) Seems two men were fishing a small river here and hit a rock with there boat and over turnd the craft.
from what I gather they were not hot rodding the boat just cliped the rock and upset there small boat.
one guy made it out ok but the last he seen of his friend was floating in the river, heading down stream. ( hip Wadders )
By the time we got the call and could make the drive to the site it was past the magic hour, we had help from the US Coast Gard they deployed a Helo to aid in the search
The Air Crew spotted some thing in the water but could not get close in for a better look
So it was decided two of our divers and a supervisor would be air lifted to the site in question
this turnded out to be a barel or a pipe of some sort. we had to call the search for tonight after that as the helo was low on fuel and it was getting way to dark to be
out.
Risk vs Benafit ( I know the rule dont mean I have to like it )
It was hard to leave the scean knowing I was going home to a hot meal and a warm bed and our victom wasnt,
Has this ever happend to you have you spent your time checking out what looks like something and it turns out to be nothing but so much debrey?
Im not talking bad leads this actuly looked like some one hunched over in the water could have fooled any one.
I know this must happen to other teams but it is frustrating when it happens to you
just want to do the right thing and bring them home and lose time for a barel
makes you want to throw the clown in that lost the barel
we are going back in the morning at first light so I will keep you posted
Sparky