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<blockquote data-quote="AC37" data-source="post: 1543733" data-attributes="member: 133"><p>Here are a few relevant details from links:</p><p></p><p></p><p>1) The suicider weighed almost 300 lbs.</p><p>2) He was described by persons present who spoke to him immediately before he entered the water as mentally questionable.</p><p>3) Persons present who spoke to him stated he had a caretaker present.</p><p>4) The Coast Guard said it couldn't operate in waters that shallow. It really doesn't make sense they wouldn't have a boat that could operate in waters that shallow (you'd think they'd have an inflatable raft if nothing else), it makes me wonder if they meant they couldn't from a legal perspective, much like the FD.</p><p>5) It sounds like the FD evaluated using their ladder to reach him, but it wasn't long enough.</p><p></p><p></p><p>One of the darker sides of a massively litigious, buck-passing society is no one wants to be left holding the liability bag as a group let alone individually, especially for a possibly failed attempt at something outside policy, an attempt that could not only result in termination and loss of pension but massive legal liability, let alone serious bodily injury or even death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AC37, post: 1543733, member: 133"] Here are a few relevant details from links: 1) The suicider weighed almost 300 lbs. 2) He was described by persons present who spoke to him immediately before he entered the water as mentally questionable. 3) Persons present who spoke to him stated he had a caretaker present. 4) The Coast Guard said it couldn't operate in waters that shallow. It really doesn't make sense they wouldn't have a boat that could operate in waters that shallow (you'd think they'd have an inflatable raft if nothing else), it makes me wonder if they meant they couldn't from a legal perspective, much like the FD. 5) It sounds like the FD evaluated using their ladder to reach him, but it wasn't long enough. One of the darker sides of a massively litigious, buck-passing society is no one wants to be left holding the liability bag as a group let alone individually, especially for a possibly failed attempt at something outside policy, an attempt that could not only result in termination and loss of pension but massive legal liability, let alone serious bodily injury or even death. [/QUOTE]
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