Posted on 09/27/2019 12:38:45 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Brighton, at the 22-mile mark of the Boston Marathon course, was the site of a dramatic rescue on September 24.
Katie Kellner, 28, who is a member of the BAA racing team, was three miles into what was supposed to be an easy 60-minute run, which included a loop around the 1.5-mile reservoir.
She witnessed a dog swimming in the water and a man on the shore calling to the dog. He was a dog walker, who handed off two other dogs to a bystander, then went into the water to pursue the loose dog, which had jumped in to chase a swan.
Kellner stopped running to watch the unusual scene unfold.
The man grabbed the dog, but once he secured it, he started bobbing up and down. As his head resurfaced, he called for help.
Kellner, who has no formal lifeguard training, kicked off her size 9.5 Adidas Supernovas and jumped in.
When she reached the man and the dog, the he immediately grabbed onto her. As did the dog, who put its paws around her neck. “I had this brief moment of panic where I felt like I was drowning,” she said. “I was like, ohmigosh, I can’t hold this much weight.”
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“Given that, the rest of your blabber is mere silliness.”
You have no clue what I am saying.
My POINT is that people often maim and kill for no logical or discernible reason. We are as humans supposed to be able to reason before we act and not indulge in behavior clearly uncivilized or illegal when it comes to interacting to other people.
Animals to a one with so few exceptions they are not worth mentioning, never act out of anger, bias, envy or any of the other emotions which drive us to violence.
You get behind them then use your arm to put him in a head lock with your elbow under their chin, keeping their face above water then start swimming a side stroke back to safety.....
The main thing is to not let them grab hold of you....
How nice, how convenient, for you.
I know you mean well and probably even believe what you say. However you are ill informed on this subject to the point of being woefully ignorant.
You might want to consider being tested for rabies.
My thinking as well, but suspect it would be hard when they are flailing about.
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