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07-20-2018, 10:14 AM | #2 | |
MY LITTLE #15
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07-23-2018, 08:53 PM | #3 | |
I’m a Mahomo!
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Here’s a part of the Branson Ducks story you should know: While the duck boat was capsizing, David Griffin was working a part-time job as a waiter on the Showboat. For 4 years, he performed on the Showboat’s stage, and currently is a star singer with the Clay Cooper Experience in Branson. Watching the tragedy unfold, David took off his waiter’s apron, called on a fellow employee and JUMPED INTO THE WATER to help. At 75 MPH, those swells would make it hard to survive, much less swim or help someone else. David swam to a woman who was face down in the water, and struggling to stay afloat, managed to hold her up for 25 minutes. He had even forgotten to remove his shoes!! The woman did not make it. Before he was lifted by a pontoon boat, David helped move two more people out of the water. David did not rescue anyone who lived. But the Branson singer and waiter tried!! BTW, only two people from the Branson Bell jumped into the treacherous waters, David and his pal. Despite how he thought “a half-dozen times” that he, too, was going to die, David made it to shore and the dock of the Branson Belle, in time to console the Duck Captain, who was in a wheelchair. “You did all you could,” he told him. I thought it is important that you know what David did yesterday! David’s story should be told. |
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07-20-2018, 10:34 AM | #4 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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07-20-2018, 10:54 AM | #5 | |
My work speaks for itself!!!
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Your comment is fair though. But even if you're going to stand around and do nothing (as you put it).......isnt it, at the very least, a little morbid to film people dying in a tragedy? It's not like these people are photojournalists working for Time magazine. Maybe just me.....but I also remember a thread a while back where kids were filming a guy drowning where the theme/comments were similar. |
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