http://www.northescambia.com/2014/08/fwc-law-enforcement-report-16 Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2014/08/fwc-law-enforcement-report-16/comment-page-1#comment-276180 perdido fisherman Sat, 02 Aug 2014 08:55:43 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=186326#comment-276180 Thank goodness they were smart enough to wear thier life jackets, as a retired Coastie I have seen to many people die because they wouldn't wear a life jacket. Many a person would say " I keep it close by in case i need it, but i don't like wearing it". Things can turn ugly in the blink of an eye,people get knocked out and drown or the boat hits a wave and throws them over board, i even seen people get hit by other boats and thrown over board only to drown because the impact knocked them out or broke bones resulting in a death that could have been prevented if they had only worn a life jacket. It really broke my heart when i would have to recover a childs body because mom and dad let the kid talk them out of putting a flotation device on the kid or the parents think thier little one is a strong swimmer and will be ok without one. I worked a case here back in the early 90's where a mother, father and a son were out in the gulf about a mile off the beach fishing. The dad dropped anchor and mom and son decided they were hot and jumped in for a quick swim. The current was moving so fast they were swept away from the boat before dad could help, thier son drown that day. All i can say is ya'll please wear your life jackets, you spent the money to buy them, so why not use'em. Thank goodness they were smart enough to wear thier life jackets, as a retired Coastie I have seen to many people die because they wouldn’t wear a life jacket. Many a person would say ” I keep it close by in case i need it, but i don’t like wearing it”. Things can turn ugly in the blink of an eye,people get knocked out and drown or the boat hits a wave and throws them over board, i even seen people get hit by other boats and thrown over board only to drown because the impact knocked them out or broke bones resulting in a death that could have been prevented if they had only worn a life jacket. It really broke my heart when i would have to recover a childs body because mom and dad let the kid talk them out of putting a flotation device on the kid or the parents think thier little one is a strong swimmer and will be ok without one.
I worked a case here back in the early 90’s where a mother, father and a son were out in the gulf about a mile off the beach fishing. The dad dropped anchor and mom and son decided they were hot and jumped in for a quick swim. The current was moving so fast they were swept away from the boat before dad could help, thier son drown that day. All i can say is ya’ll please wear your life jackets, you spent the money to buy them, so why not use’em.

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