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New Zealand fisherman pulls 18-month-old baby from sea alive in 'freakish miracle'
www.telegraph.co.uk ^
| 5 November 2018 • 1:10pm
| Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney
Posted on 11/06/2018 10:12:20 AM PST by Red Badger
A fisherman in New Zealand pulled an 18-month-old baby from the sea alive after the boy went missing from his campsite where he was staying with his parents.
Gus Hutt, who was fishing at a beach near a holiday park in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island, thought he was pulling a doll from the ocean before realising he had rescued a baby when the boy “let out a little squeak”.
He said he was checking his lines at about 7.15am late last month when he spotted the baby float past.
"His face looked like porcelain with his short hair wetted down," Mr Hutt told the Whakatāne Beacon. "But then he let out a little squeak and I thought, 'oh God, this is a baby and it's alive'. He was floating at a steady pace with a rip in the water. If I hadn't been there, or if I had just been a minute later I wouldn't have seen him.”
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baby; gushutt; newzealand; rescue; saving
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To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Moses......from now on call him Moses.
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11/06/2018 10:15:10 AM PST
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Mat_Helm
To: Red Badger
He was using this lure:
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11/06/2018 10:17:40 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
To: TigerClaws
Just enough baby fat to stay afloat ... Thanks be to GOD.
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posted on
11/06/2018 10:17:46 AM PST
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: MHGinTN
To: Mat_Helm
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posted on
11/06/2018 10:18:43 AM PST
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: Mat_Helm
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11/06/2018 10:19:20 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: Red Badger
When I was almost two, I fell off a bridge. On the way down my jacket caught on a fisherman’s hook. The guy walked off the bridge to the shore while reeling me in. He said I was swimming for all I was worth. Best ever fishing story in my family.
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11/06/2018 10:20:33 AM PST
by
Pure Country
(�I�ve noticed that every person that is for abortion has already been born.� -Ronald)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/06/2018 10:21:48 AM PST
by
exPBRrat
(.)
To: Pure Country
Catch and Release?.....................
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11/06/2018 10:31:54 AM PST
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Red Badger
(FNo-platform us all you want. Ban us all you want. Smear us all you want. You canÂ’t stop an idea...)
To: Red Badger
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11/06/2018 10:32:01 AM PST
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bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Red Badger
The sea was angry that day my friend...
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11/06/2018 10:34:19 AM PST
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Leep
To: Red Badger
God saved the baby and he, IMO, has a purpose in life.
To: bgill
It will be now!...................
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11/06/2018 10:35:19 AM PST
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Red Badger
(FNo-platform us all you want. Ban us all you want. Smear us all you want. You canÂ’t stop an idea...)
To: Red Badger
Terrific news.
Great that he found the kid and was able to save him alive.
To: Red Badger
Took my kids camping when they were pretty small. I slept against the opening. They would have had to crawl over me to get out.
Amazing that the kid ended up on his back and evidently not thrashing.
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11/06/2018 10:49:03 AM PST
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Pollard
(If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
To: Red Badger
Guess so... I’m here to tell about it.
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11/06/2018 10:52:37 AM PST
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Pure Country
(�I�ve noticed that every person that is for abortion has already been born.� -Ronald)
To: Red Badger
The great whites were slacking that day.
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posted on
11/06/2018 10:58:51 AM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: Red Badger
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11/06/2018 11:09:34 AM PST
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Bob434
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