Posted on 02/28/2024 6:04:27 AM PST by V_TWIN
A Canadian tourist visiting Hawaii walked away nearly unscathed after he drove off a 60-foot cliff on the Big Island and fell into the ocean early Sunday morning.
The unidentified man, 27, was driving along restricted backroads near the South Point cliff dive with a rented Jeep when the vehicle plunged off the cliff at around 3:30 a.m., according to local reports.
The rental got stuck upside down on the rocks below, and when the tourist crawled out he fell directly into the water below him and was quickly swept away, Island News reported.
Luckily for him, local spear-fishermen often camp out on the beach overnight to begin fishing at the crack of dawn and a few who were there that morning witnessed the Jeep’s — and then the man’s — fall.
They quickly called 911, and first responders were able to bring the man to safety by coaching him from the shore.
One of the fishermen who witnessed the rescue said he and his dive partner were woken up by another fisherman whom the Jeep driver nearly hit when he drove off the cliff.
“He said that the car had gone off the cliff just to the right of him,” Mike Moody told the local outlet.
The fisherman immediately called 911.
“If he didn’t see it, the guy would have died 100%,” Moody told KHON2.
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I guess when it's not your time it's REALLY not your time.
“Recalculating.......”
Im sure that’ll buff right out but I hope he got the rental insurance anyway.
He needs to get right with God. Sounds like a Jonah event.
The dude needs to buy a lottery ticket.
He is one lucky b@st@rd
Exactly what I was thinking.....God has a plan for this man......he needs to get busy finding out what it is.
This story alone is a perfect illustration of devine intervention.
That’ll buff right out...
Chuckle.
I hope he did not decline the insurance from the rental company.
Sounds like he almost saw the sunset too. Glad he’s okay.
LMAO. Thx.
EC
Put. That. Back!!!!
A lot of morons these days really should hire babysitters to stay with them and keep them from falling off of cliffs while taking selfies or chasing Hawaiian sunrises.
I’m glad the media covered it because thats a bar story NOBODY would believe otherwise. SMH
Apparently it didn’t dawn on him that those Hawaiian rip currents are really something.
For a cliffhanger, it sure ended well.
A veritable eucatastrophe.
That’s great
One of those times a comma makes a difference. Because he did see it, the guy only died 75 percent. He was only mostly dead.
As opposed to, “the guy would have died, 100 percent.”
Just before the car went over, someone was heard yelling “You’re too close to the cliff, Gilligan!”
“didn’t dawn on him that those Hawaiian rip currents are really something”
Being as he’s a Canuck I doubt he was even aware of that......that and I’m sure he got his bell rung pretty good from that fall.
Probably totally disoriented.
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