Marine Unit Rescues Kayaker
Not to be outdone by the Bomb Squad, the Marine Unit begins their spring offensive of good publicity:
- Chicago Police Marine Unit officers didn’t know what to make of the exhausted man they found clinging to his capsized kayak in Lake Michigan on Sunday afternoon.
The thin, athletic man refused to be rescued.
“I’ve got this. I can do this,” he said, waving off police, who watched as the man struggled to right his boat.
But the water was cold — 42 degrees — and he had been in it for 20 minutes.
Police ended the negotiation and brought the man, along with his kayak, aboard their vessel.
The rescued man had just begun an attempt to paddle from Chicago to New York City when he was capsized 3-miles into his journey. He is raising money for the oncology unit at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital.
Nice job Officers and better luck to Mr. Gavasto in his future attempt.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
22 Comments:
after the rescue, the officers then diagnosed him with "clinical stupidity" and hand paddled the mans head for several minutes.
Always nice to read good stories with happy endings involving the police, great job once again marine unit!
Smart Police Officers....you gave him 'rope' then you guided him in to safe harbor whether or not he liked it....way to go!!!! They'll be taking up a collection for this guy's family if he doesn't get his act together....waving the Police Officers away in his predicament...what a goof.
It was a Good day for police for sure, I scored a free cup of coffee because of this story !
Thanks marine unit and thanks Mr citizen
Maybe we should pitch in and get Mr. Gavasto a 2-seater kayak for his next attempt.
He can take our illustrious Stupidintendent along for the ride and together they can paddle McCarthy's stupid ass back to the Big Apple.
Bon Voyage, Monsieur McHangover!
Mr. Gavasto, is he also a magician ?
3 Miles?
He should have attempted the river in Egypt, then he'd be in denial twice.
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
Isn't saving a kayaker sort of like rescuing a mime?
Nut
Hypothermia creates bad decisions.
Good job to the officers involved. The kayaker had good intentions and I applaud his effort, but navigating lake Michigan is a dangerous task, especially alone in a kayak. The waters can be even more volatile than an ocean. Lucky for him the officers had more sense than to leave him as he originally requested; he would most likely be a missing person RD# by now.
Maybe we should pitch in and get Mr. Gavasto a 2-seater kayak for his next attempt.
He can take our illustrious Stupidintendent along for the ride and together they can paddle McCarthy's stupid ass back to the Big Apple.
Bon Voyage, Monsieur McHangover!
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Funny shit bro!
McCarty can yell out stroke,stroke , stroke with a bull horn.
What a maroon.....
Send him the bill please.
Thank God there is a Marine Unit to save those wacky yuppies. It is safer Kayaking to New York rather than taking the CTA through 003, and 994 to New York.
Awhile could start over if this trip is that imported
Marine Unit... There would be lots of dead civilians without these boat Cops .
The same moronic, narcissistic, a-holes that wander into the wilderness, (hikers, snowboarders, climbers etc) who endanger the lives of rescuers when they screw the pooch as in several months ago when a chopper rescue crew went down looking for idiot skiers. F-em...leave em for bear food
Anonymous said...
It was a Good day for police for sure, I scored a free cup of coffee because of this story !
Thanks marine unit and thanks Mr citizen
5/12/2013 12:50:00 AM
If there was a dog in that kayak you would get a lifetime of free coffee and donuts and perhaps meet your future ex-wife. They love dog stories, rescue a dog and the whole city goes awwwww and writes a nice letter. Save a person and they yawn.
Nice job bob did you offer him a corona to come on board.
For his next adventure he plans on using a pogo stick to go from Chicago to LA!
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