|
I live in San Marcos, two mnutes drive from this area of the river.
People drown or almost drown at that site frequently. There's a waterfall. People jump into it and get sucked under. In the summer, people have to be rescued at that spot more times than I know. It's very dangerous there. I swim just below the falls every weekend. I was there when this incident occurred. The fire rescue squad knows exactly what must be done to rescue swimmers at that place. They don't need some nucklehead getting in the way, and perhaps drowning himself. Trained rescuers can't go in the water while someone else is there who might pose a threat to them. It happens all the time that a panicked swimmer will drown someone who is trying to save him. The guy who saved the drowning man is no hero. This time he got lucky. He could've caused something worse to have happened.
__________________
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
|