Posted on 03/21/2012 5:49:50 AM PDT by JoeProBono
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (WOOD) - A 45-year-old woman was rescued from Lake Michigan after she fell in while texting on her phone and walking on a pier, police said.
Bonnie Miller of Benton Harbor told 24 Hour News 8 she was with her husband and 15-year-old son when she lost her balance on the South Pier in St. Joseph. She was fully clothed and had trouble treading water due to the heavy current.
A passerby -- Rebecca Van Zant of Mishawaka, Ind. -- jumped into the water and was able to keep Miller afloat until rescue personnel arrived. A male clung onto a ladder on the side of pier to try and assist the women, police said.
St. Joseph police officers arrived on scene around 9:30 p.m. Monday and saw the people in the water.
Officer Chris Sysko threw a flotation device on a rope to the women. He was able to pull Miller back to the pier with the help of Van Zant and the rope.
Officers then pulled both women out of the water.
The St. Joseph Fire Department, Michigan State Police and United States Coast Guard assisted with the rescue effort.
Is her phone okay?
Thanks, dear. Thanks, son. You saved my life.
Whole family needs swimming lessons.
Why are the people in the water "women" but the one attempting to help them "a male"? Was it not a male human, or, as we used to say, "a man"?
And what are these people doing near the water if none of them can swim?!
Is she related to Ronnie?
Of two people within arm's-length of a pier.
“I fl n the watr txting my BFF - LOL. WTF, IKR?”
This dummy woman actually did it.
There's no doubt she is a liberal, herself.
Leni
She needs the ‘voice to text’ feature...
I am reminded of a quote I saw this morning.
Life is tough. It is even tougher when you are stupid.
Damn, Darwin winner stymied.
Looks like St Joseph MI misssed an opportiunity to improve it’s gene pool...
Obviously a candidate for the Darwin Award, except she survived.
I think humanity is longing for a Darwin Award look-alike for people who do unbelievably stupid things, but their genes remain in the gene pool.
How did she make it to 45?
More on the teen who rescued the texter:
“Guess what career Van Zant wants to go into? She’s taken the test before to join the Coast Guard, and only failed by two points. After helping in Monday night’s rescue, she plans on taking the test, again, sooner rather than later.”
She can’t join the coast guard. The article says she’s 45 and the coast guard has a strict cutoff of 35. She’s too old.
...but seriously, I pray this woman does not drive........
Notice how the husband is not mentioned in the rescue attempt.... What are we to make of this if anything?
Bet she voted for Obama.
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