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« on: June 01, 2011, 01:06:34 pm »

Budget cuts force Calif. police and firemen to watch man drown

Police and firemen in Alameda, California watched a man drown on Monday after realizing they did not have proper certifications for water rescue, leaving them open to possible lawsuits if they attempted a rescue.

The drowning victim, 53-year-old Raymond Zack, was apparently suicidal, according to a report from the scene. He waded out about 150 yards into cold waters off Crown Beach in Alameda and began took about an hour to drown himself.

A crowd of about 75 gathered to watch the bizarre scene, which saw police and firemen just standing at shoreline watching helplessly. After the man had drowned, authorities couldn’t even go into the surf to retrieve the body. They instead recruited a passer-by for the job.

City officials reportedly blamed the incident on budget cuts and said they would have a discussion about why Alameda, an island city, does not have proper authorization to rescue people from the waters surrounding it.

This video is from ABC 7 in San Francisco, Calif., broadcast May 30, 2011.

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/calif-police-and-firemen-watch-man-drown-due-to-budget-cuts/

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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2011, 01:42:08 pm »

Wow, what a shame, not even one person attempted to save this man.  Even if the police and fireman couldn't do it on authority of their profession, they could have done it based upon their own merits and humanity, throwing the 'cost' to the wind.  I do know it is dangerous to try and save a drowning person, as they tend to use the rescuer as a floating device, which may drown him/her, but to not even try is mind-boggling and to instead just watch him drown.
 
They say they had no choice, but we all have choices and they obviously made theirs.  Indeed, for shame!
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2011, 01:59:43 pm »

Wow, what a shame, not even one person attempted to save this man.  Even if the police and fireman couldn't do it on authority of their profession, they could have done it based upon their own merits and humanity, throwing the 'cost' to the wind.  I do know it is dangerous to try and save a drowning person, as they tend to use the rescuer as a floating device, which may drown him/her, but to not even try is mind-boggling and to instead just watch him drown.
 
They say they had no choice, but we all have choices and they obviously made theirs.  Indeed, for shame!


Ya, youd think there would have been at least 1 person willing to help.

Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

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they did not have proper certifications for water rescue

What idiots! You don't need certification to love your neighbor!  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 03:04:05 pm »

I'm sure if those service people had known the person they would have thrown the cost to the wind to save them. 

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41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

 42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

 43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

 44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

 45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

 46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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