Posted on 01/17/2018 3:48:13 PM PST by dennisw
Terrifying moment a fisherman and his passengers frantically dive into the water just seconds before a speedboat crashes into their vessel
Marlin Lee Larsen's 31-foot motorboat plowed into Bryan Maess' 20-foot fishing boat near the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, on August 12
Video captured the moment Maess and his two passengers yelled at Larsen to stop as the boat bore down on them Trio were forced to dive into the icy water to escape being crushed
Larsen has since been charges with reckless endangerment and assault Police ruled out alcohol and drugs but a passenger on Maess' boat claims they saw Larsen on his cell phone Larsen claims he didn't see them because he was sitting down while driving
Maess has filed a $372,500 lawsuit against Larsen, saying he was injured and still wears a knee brace because of the incident
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Having done so I state that one won’t be able to scream. There would be no air in your lungs from the shock. Don’t forget the North Pacific Current flows along the west coast keeping the water cooler than it would be otherwise.
I made the mistake once of going on a “beach” vacation up in Maine. Not only was there more rocks than sand but that ocean water practically gave me frostbite. In July!
$372K. The idiot should pay it right now and not look back.
If it were me that he ran over I’d own him and all of his children for life.
Global cooling in Minnesota would be a nightmare.
Looked forward to today’s warmer forecast all weekend. It was in the twenties this afternoon-didn’t plug in my suburban or zip up my coat. Going to be warm like this for a week!
Larsen told The Oregonian the accusation against him was “fake news.” He pleaded not guilty to the charges and said the lawsuit was unnecessary because no one was seriously hurt. His son-in-law, who was also on the boat at the time of the accident, told investigators he warned Larsen to pay attention and that he’d been using his cellphone off and on all morning.
He also uses a scooter to get around.
Why is he operating a boat with his handicaps and his attitude?
Damn, and it looked like one guy had a nice lunker hooked up on his line.
Hell, you can freeze them in July in Lake Superior.
I grew up in Duluth, and spent many a Summer on Park Point watching the bikini clad ladies.
Few swam, but many, many sunbathed.
It seems that some are not so familiar with the definition of the word “icy”.... My point was that there was certainly no ice. Columbia River waters in August tend to have temps in the 60s to lower 70s. A bit chilly, perhaps, but certainly not “icy”....
Yes, I have experienced summer swimming in a great variety of northern waters over decades, so I am quite familiar with the bracing feeling of “wow, this feels COLD”... I simply would not have used the word “icy” but I guess I’m too literal-minded.
“Lots of Yahoos out there.”
Dingbatters.
And permanent shrinkage?
A speedboater in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, struck five in a cabin cruiser. Killed them all, and got 80 years in jail—maybe 15 years ago.
Absolutely. My canoe went belly up on the Nantahala River in NC in the middle of summer. By the time I got to shore, my legs were so numb I couldn't feel the bank to get a foothold to push myself up.
Me either.
Great family relations there.
Good for the son-in-law for honesty.
Maine has two seasons. Winter and Getting Ready for Winter.
When I was 13, my parents took us on a two week camping trip through Europe when he got orders back to the states.
We ended up at a campground on some lake in Switzerland on the Fourth of July...all of us kids wanted to go swimming, so we put on our swimsuits and ran to the end of the dock and all six of us jumped off en masse...
I remember vividly the shock of hitting the water, and all of us, underwater, frozen, looking at each other through that weird blue-green colored water with little foam bubbles of air all around all of us...our skin looking pasty white, just...frozen. LOL, that lake was probably fed by a glacier!
The only time as cold or colder than that was when I went to a beach in Gloucester, MA about two years later with a new friend, it was early in June and I dove off some rocks into the water. I had lived in the Philippines for a few years and was used to seawater that was nice all year round.
This was a real shock to me, I nearly bounced off the water, I scurried out so fast. The kid who I went there with was staring at me saying “What did you do that for? I thought you were crazy!”
My first clues should have been: ALL the people STANDING on the rocks looking at the water, and NOBODY in the water swimming! There was surely shrinkage...to use the old crude phrase I remember from the USN: “I was so cold I had to stick my finger up my a** to take a piss!”
Hahahahahahahaha!
*** “And permanent shrinkage?” ***
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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