Posted on 09/27/2019 12:38:45 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Brighton, at the 22-mile mark of the Boston Marathon course, was the site of a dramatic rescue on September 24.
Katie Kellner, 28, who is a member of the BAA racing team, was three miles into what was supposed to be an easy 60-minute run, which included a loop around the 1.5-mile reservoir.
She witnessed a dog swimming in the water and a man on the shore calling to the dog. He was a dog walker, who handed off two other dogs to a bystander, then went into the water to pursue the loose dog, which had jumped in to chase a swan.
Kellner stopped running to watch the unusual scene unfold.
The man grabbed the dog, but once he secured it, he started bobbing up and down. As his head resurfaced, he called for help.
Kellner, who has no formal lifeguard training, kicked off her size 9.5 Adidas Supernovas and jumped in.
When she reached the man and the dog, the he immediately grabbed onto her. As did the dog, who put its paws around her neck. “I had this brief moment of panic where I felt like I was drowning,” she said. “I was like, ohmigosh, I can’t hold this much weight.”
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I think I might have pushed the guy away and saved the dog.
It’s just that I believe people pretty much suck and too many will take advantage of you if it would benefit them, or turn on you to save themselves.
Dogs are just not that way.
“When she reached the man and the dog, the he immediately grabbed onto her. As did the dog, who put its paws around her neck. “I had this brief moment of panic where I felt like I was drowning,” she said. “I was like, ohmigosh, I can’t hold this much weight.””
Drowners will do that to an unwary rescuer every time...and take you down too. Proper training teaches you how not to get caught like that.
Heck of a story though. The lady’s a hero.
Very nice, they included a mention and link for her coaching service.
The next big race for Kellner, who has a coaching service
http://www.forwardfocusrunning.com/
I hope you do not mind, I’ll toss this on your running thread.
Watch: Sportsmanship on full display as runner carries exhausted rival over finish line at IAAF World Championships
Give that girl a medal!
The dog just swam back to the shore, it was not really in trouble.
The human panicked, and it sounds like the dog wasn’t much better. It is actually quite common for the rescuer to be overwhelmed trying to rescue someone. In many instances the rescuer and the person in trouble both end up drowning.
The poor guy was drowning. You don’t know anything about him. But he went in to save the dog, he thought the dog may be in trouble. That should earn a few points from you, at least.
Saving a panicking human in the water is very dangerous and I’m not surprised she felt her own life was in danger. People in this situation are thrashing, out of their minds, and running on adrenaline.
It does earn a few points. But if I’m forced to decide...well, like I said people are treacherous, dogs are not, not ever.
That is idiotic. A young relative of mine, when he was five years old, was attacked by farm mutt for no reason other than he happened to wander by.
The bites barely missed his eye, scarred his mouth and cheek, forced him to undergo rabies shots since the bite was so close to his brain.
What kind of loyalty do you call that?
Did you witness said attack? Was there a warning, a growl to warn the boy away? Was the boy in the dogs “space”? Was he staring at the dog? Staring at an animal is taken as a sign of aggression by them.
I was not saying that a dog will never bite a human. What I was saying was if a dog attacks a human there is a REASON even if we don’t agree it is a sufficient one.
People attack, maim and kill each other because we don’t like the color of their skin. You know about the “knock out” game popular in minority neighborhoods (Black)?
How about beating someone because he is wearing a political hat/shirt or carrying the wrong sign?
Dogs will attack out of fear but never out of hatred.
I would attempt to rescue a young, Black man in an inner city neighborhood if he appeared to be drowning. You really are better off living alone, IMO.
Yes, I was there.
Was he in his “space”? What do you want to call his space...five feet away? Three inches? Forty rods?
What I am saying is that for you to claim that no dog is ever “treacherous,” i.e., unpredictively vicious, or inappropriately aggressive, is to stretch the meaning of “treachery” far beyond reason or even recognition.
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What is the training? I read that when that happens, take a deep breath and let yourself sink. The "drownee" will let go and look for something else that floats.
When I took scuba lessons in the Navy, the first lesson was on helping a drowning person There’s a method to break the person’s grip, work your way around behind them with your arm around their neck and your hip in their back. Then you sidekick to shore, pulling them. I was less than good at it. Nowadays I’d do exactly what you suggested...take a breathe and sink.
You've already argued that there is always a reason for a dog to attack whoever or whatever might give him the urge.
Given that, the rest of your blabber is mere silliness.
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