REAL LIFE DRAMA PLAYED OUT ACROSS FROM OUR SCHOOL
It all started about 1:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon ... the first ambulances and rescue trucks screamed out of the fire house across the street and headed downtown. As I took my kids out to recess, more and more ambulances, rescue trucks, and the like screamed past the playground, across The Singing Bridge, and headed toward town.
"Wow," I said to my teammate, Stephanie. "There's gotta be something big going on. They're coming from all over the place."
Little did we know, my colleagues on the river side of our building watched the whole thing unfold, and it was big!
Four kayakers took advantage of a *finally* sunny day yesterday, and spent the better part of the day on the Kentucky River. They stopped for a bite to each at lunchtime, at a local Barbecue joint, at the other end of our playground, and then they set off for more paddling.
At some point, one of the guys in the party had a problem, fell back from the group, and, it would seem, rolled his kayak. A driver going across the Singing Bridge, saw him struggling to right the boat, and then, when she looked again, the kayak was all by itself. She called 911.
Fast-forward to after school, when we all stood at various windows facing the river side of our building ... the gruesome task of dragging the river was underway. Sadly, as of sun fall, no body was recovered. As I write this, preparations are underway to resume searching in little under a half hour.
Folks, wear your life vests! This man wasn't, reports say.
In water temps this cold, you don't last long anyway, and without the aid of a vest, it makes your chances of survival that much less of a likelihood.
"Wow," I said to my teammate, Stephanie. "There's gotta be something big going on. They're coming from all over the place."
Little did we know, my colleagues on the river side of our building watched the whole thing unfold, and it was big!
Four kayakers took advantage of a *finally* sunny day yesterday, and spent the better part of the day on the Kentucky River. They stopped for a bite to each at lunchtime, at a local Barbecue joint, at the other end of our playground, and then they set off for more paddling.
At some point, one of the guys in the party had a problem, fell back from the group, and, it would seem, rolled his kayak. A driver going across the Singing Bridge, saw him struggling to right the boat, and then, when she looked again, the kayak was all by itself. She called 911.
Fast-forward to after school, when we all stood at various windows facing the river side of our building ... the gruesome task of dragging the river was underway. Sadly, as of sun fall, no body was recovered. As I write this, preparations are underway to resume searching in little under a half hour.
Folks, wear your life vests! This man wasn't, reports say.
In water temps this cold, you don't last long anyway, and without the aid of a vest, it makes your chances of survival that much less of a likelihood.
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