Unconcious man drifts a mile into Gulf off Fla. on pool float

[Liberal_in_LA]

Man drifts a mile into Gulf off Fla. on pool float

Thursday, June 24, 2010
(06-24) 12:09 PDT BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. (AP) --

A man who apparently passed out on a pool float at a Tampa area beach ended up drifting about a mile from Florida's shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the man, identified as Jerry Whipple, on Wednesday afternoon. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Mariana O'Leary says they suspect the man was very drunk.

The Coast Guard says a boater reported seeing an unconscious man floating well offshore. The Coast Guard and a Clearwater Fire Rescue unit responded and found the man, still unconscious and wearing a life jacket.

He eventually woke up and was checked by paramedics at a Coast Guard station.

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[Orrex]

1. I'm glad that he was floating well offshore

If he'd been floating badly offshore, he might have been in trouble.

[intheflow]

8. Or if he'd been floating on an offshore well.

That would have been another problem altogether. :-/

[Orrex]

10. LOL

That's actually how I initially interpreted it!

[onehandle]

2. Another victim of big oil in the Gulf.

That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

[babylonsister]

3. Not Mr. Whipple! nt

[Beartracks]

5. Don't squeeze the pool float! n/t

[postulater]

4. Boy, 3, Adrift On Lake Michigan On Toy Raft

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- A 3-year-old boy had to be rescued from Lake Michigan, after wind carried the toy raft he was riding out to sea.

The U.S. Coast Guard said the boy was playing along the shores of King Park in Sheboygan just before 2 p.m. Wednesday when a gust of wind blew the boy 200 to 300 yards from shore.

The child's mother frantically called 911 for help.

The boy was clinging to a dolphin-shaped inflatable pool raft when rescue crews got to him.


http://www.wisn.com/news/24015409/detail.html

[Ex Lurker]

6. a few years ago there was a guy at a Mexican resort who ran out of gas on a jet ski

and drifted for several days before he was rescued.

[MiniMe]

7. Sounds like a frat party prank.

Get the guy really drunk, put a life jacket on him, put him on a raft in the water, and give him a little push.

[intheflow]

9. Exactly what I thought! n/t

[Bobbieo]

11. Are you sure this is not the BP man??? I'd love to get him at a seashore frat party.

[Historic NY]

12. So he was gased.