Cali Authorities let man drown

Post by **grizzaholic** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:27 am

‘Handcuffed by policy,’ fire and police crews watch man drown

An apparently suicidal man waded into San Francisco Bay on Monday, stood up to his neck, and waited. As the man drowned, police, fire crews, and others watched idly from the shore.

Why? Officials blamed a departmental policy, stemming from budget cuts, that prevented them from jumping in to save him.

Fifty-year-old Raymond Zack spent nearly an hour in the water before drowning. A crowd of about 75 people, in addition to first responders, watched from the beach in Alameda across the bay from San Francisco as Zack inched farther and farther away, sometimes glancing back, a witness told the San Jose Mercury News. "The next thing he was floating face down."

A volunteer eventually pulled Zack's lifeless body from the Bay.

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Post by **bandl** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:29 am

None of the 75 people, beside the first responders, could take action?

I saved a turtle from crossing a busy street once.

Post by **grizzaholic** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:32 am

bandl wrote:None of the 75 people, beside the first responders, could take action?

I saved a turtle from crossing a busy street once.

In California???!!!! Are you crazy. And get sued by the guy who they saved?

Post by **Vidav** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:30 am

Fuck him.

YoUDeeMan · Post by **YoUDeeMan** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:12 pm

Vidav wrote:Fuck him.

Bonus points to Vidav.

Seriously, the guy wanted to end it...or he wanted attention. Mission complete!

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnext!

Post by **AZGrizFan** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:19 pm

Cluck U wrote:
Vidav wrote:Fuck him.
Bonus points to Vidav.

Seriously, the guy wanted to end it...or he wanted attention. Mission complete!

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnext!

Couldn't agree more. Only thing better is if the cops had started taking target practice on him to speed things up.

citdog · Post by **citdog** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:34 pm

AZGrizFan wrote:
Cluck U wrote:
Bonus points to Vidav.

Seriously, the guy wanted to end it...or he wanted attention. Mission complete!

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnext!
Couldn't agree more. Only thing better is if the cops had started taking target practice on him to speed things up and then conducted a dui checkpoint immediately after.

that WOULD be better!

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