(Chappaquiddick Ted) Kennedy tries to rescue fishermen (NOT satire)

AP, via WPRI channel 12 (Providence, RI) ^ | 10/16/05 | AP

[Diddle E. Squat]

HYANNIS, Mass. Senator Edward Kennedy attempted to rescue six men who had become trapped by high tide on a jetty off Hyannisport yesterday. The Cape Cod Times reports that Kennedy eventually left the rescue to Hyannis firefighters.

The senator was walking his two dogs on the shore at 11:15 a-m when he spotted the men cut off from shore by the rising waters.

They had been fishing on a jetty that begins at the tip of the Kennedy compound. Tides rose over the patchy rocks, make it difficult to walk back to shore.

Kennedy and a friend tried to rescue the men in a 13-foot boat but rough waters forced them back.

A crew from the Hyannis Fire Department picked them up. The men, in their 20s, were not identified. They were brought to Cape Cod Hospital with mild hypothermia.

[calrighty]

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[potlatch]

Like a whale beaching himself, lol. At least he had good intentions for a change.

[Graymatter]

Doing what he does best, Kennedy eventually left the rescue.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

Teddy watching a little too much "My Name is Earl".

[scott7278]

He deserves a beating over that.

[kublia khan]

And in the Trauma ward:
4 young men were being escorted to the psych wing muttering incoherently about a vision of Ted Kennedy walking towards them while they were surrounded by water.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Kennedy and a friend tried to rescue the men in a 13-foot boat but rough waters forced them back.

Sure. A likely story. OTOH, how much booze was on this boat? When there's a will there's a way...

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>Kennedy and a friend tried to rescue the men in a 13-foot boat but rough waters forced them back. <<<

One man in a 13-foot boat in rough water is risky business. Three or more people would have been suicide. Kennedy must have either been drunk (very likely), or looking for a legacy recovery photo-op (likely).

[Kimmers]

And Ted was shocked when he quickly discoverd that he really can't walk on water.

[sonsofliberty2000]

Good for him to try. I know many who would not, and it helps my image of him some.

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[nutmeg]

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[vox humana]

Kennedy and a friend tried to rescue the men in a 13-foot boat but rough waters forced them back.

With Kennedy in the boat there would not have been enough room for one additional person, let alone six.

[Not now, Not ever!]

Up for it J.D.?

[nutmeg]

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[Tulsa Ramjet]

Coming this Fall, the third killer whale movie installment:
"Free Teddy".

[Deetes]

Hi-cup !!!

[pankot]

Maybe he'd have made it if he had his Oldsmobile.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"Kennedy and a friend tried to rescue the men in a 13-foot boat but rough waters forced them back." ------------------------------------------------------------Sean: "Stand back Ted, I'm on the scene! Wha...oh sh*t, not again!?!"

[sine_nomine]

But instead, Ted murdered her, giving no solace to her grieving parents in their old age.

Losing a child is very difficult, but losing a child to murder is perhaps the worst kind of grief one can impose on parents. I know of cases where they never recovered. They are savaged and broken by the horror of the crime, especially when the murderer was known to the family, as Ted was.

[llevrok]

The same 13 foot boat Laci Peterson went fishing in?