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Dam close! Boat with four women saved from plummeting over water’s edge
NY Post ^ | 11 June 2021 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 06/12/2021 5:19:14 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Hair-raising photos show a boat perilously close to plunging over the edge of a Texas dam — because the passengers were too busy gossiping, police and rescue officials said.

“They approached the dam, weren’t paying attention, they were talking to each other,”

James Kane, who works at Retro Boat Rentals in Austin, said he rushed to the scene after getting a distress call from the passengers — and quickly tied a rope to the endangered vessel as it approached the edge of the dam.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: dam
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To: headstamp 2

Yeah - I love the wings!


61 posted on 06/12/2021 9:13:35 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Exactly! Because when men stand around and talk it is always a matter of grave importance.


62 posted on 06/12/2021 9:47:23 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I would call that boat Biden.


63 posted on 06/12/2021 9:51:30 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Pollard

No doubt they vote the same way also, cluelessly.


64 posted on 06/12/2021 10:17:55 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Thelma and Louise twins take boat ride.


65 posted on 06/12/2021 11:19:06 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: SamAdams76

This just in! They were looking in their mirrors adjusting their makeup when this happened. True story.


66 posted on 06/12/2021 12:28:23 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Pollard

#12 in the photo the front passenger on the right is looking at her cell phone!!

Probably uploading to youtube or tiktok.


67 posted on 06/12/2021 12:30:55 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: headstamp 2

The tail fins peg it as a mid to late-50s boat. Lake boats live forever in the south.


68 posted on 06/12/2021 12:47:09 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: SamAdams76

This might be their last boating trip, though not by the more severe route over the dam.


69 posted on 06/12/2021 12:55:13 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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