(Photo by John Palminteri / KEYT)
Swift water rescue off 800 Shoreline Drive, a subject is in the water possibly caught by the high tide and reportedly yelling for help.
Man Rescued from Ocean Off Shoreline Park
Roger
November 9, 2018, 6:55 am
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Batt:712 Also on scene.
Patient with the Medics…All is well Roger now over and out.
I lived on the Mesa for years. Loved it. Now I live in a progressive downtown community.
Huh. I was just there after dark this evening. Tide was low, low, low so high tide had nothing to do with this incident. Neither was this a swift water rescue. “Swift water rescue is a subset of technical rescue dealing in white water river conditions. ”
“Far too many rescues…”?
Before edhat, Rodger and instant media you would only hear about the tragedies. It is nice to know we have first responders who regularly prevent what could otherwise become tragedies.
The brave soul who paddled out in the dark and rescued the near dead individual was none othe than mesa resident Randall Kopf
We have great responders.
Maybe the tide got so low so fast it created rapids
The ‘water rescue’ team is referred to as ‘Swift Water Rescue’, even if it is rescuing people from apparently calm water. They are trained to rescue in any type of water situation. Stormy seas, and/or white water rapids. And there can be ‘white water’ in the ocean too.
Far too many rescues going on in our area. I cannot think of a time in my life where so many folks who head out hiking or our ocean who haven’t the slightest idea of what they are doing. Hiking with no water. Hiking with no food. Hiking after dark. Hiking off trail. Surfing/swimming/boating without knowing how to swim. Going in the water after dark. Surfing above their level. I wish I could scream at some of these folks, especially the ones who insist on getting high or taking LSD, and then heading out onto our trails or ocean. These are the folks who got trophies for losing and want everyone else to take care of them when the s**t hits the fan. “Oh, let me get wasted and walk along the cliffs late at night…..what could go wrong?”
Nice chip on your shoulder there. Sounds like you “wish you could scream” at pretty much anyone.
I take it you personally know that each and every rescue circumstance is a result of getting high or being negligent?
Sure, blame the victims. And someone knows for sure rescues are for people who are “high”. Really? I’ve known victims who were trail experienced and had accidents, needing rescue. And that was up to 50 years ago (they weren’t “high”).