Poor Man :O(

[tiggerblue10]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56864863

Went to rescue someone and died himself. So sad.

[burlyshirley]

That is sad, poor chap. A real hero.

[Ken4155]

30 odd years ago, a holiday-maker dived into the sea at Blackpool in an attempt to save his dog. 4 policemen dived in to save him. All bar one perished, as did the tourist and the dog.

[Ken4155]

30 odd years ago, a holiday-maker dived into the sea at Blackpool in an attempt to save his dog. 4 policemen dived in to save him. All bar one perished, as did the tourist and the dog.

[Mamyalynne]

That's awful.

[Lie-in King]

Very sad.

[wolf63]

The water never looks dangerous when you look at it. But you can't see all the debris and stuff. It's also very cold.

There have been a few deaths due to people going in after their dogs. The dog usually survives.

[Mamyalynne]

Rescuers often come ff worse, impulses take over in an emergency.

[Mamyalynne]

^off

[davebro]

Elf & safety won't allow first responders to enter the water without specialist gear these days.

[DTCwordfan]

There was a 16 year old schoolboy who fell in off the London Tower Bridge yesterday and hasn't been found - it's reported in the DT today.

[davebro]

must have been larking about or was pushed?

[237SJ]

Yes DT it was a 13 year old on his way to school and a heroic woman grabbed the life float and jumped in to try and help him.

[THECORBYLOON]

This is about the Blackpool incident.

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackpool-remembers-three-officers-who-17583350

[DTCwordfan]

whatever age, a hell of a tragedy for those involved and the families too... especially when they are trying to rescue someone - or even an animal..remember the Irish farmer (a hell of a rugby player) and his old man who died going into a slurry pit to rescue a dog of theirs?

[jno]

when the Marchioness went down, not far from London Bridge, bodies were washed up in Hammersmith, the best part of 10 miles upriver. The Thames is very fast, as well as being cold; you get the whole North Sea barrelling in there and then whooshing back out again.

[emmie]

very few people are liable to be rescued if they fall in the Thames, the schoolboy who fell in hasn't been found. THe water is incredibly fast and freezing cold, little or no chance if you jump in perhaps to save someone, or like the schoolboy fall in.

[youngmafbog]

There is a reason first responders dont just jump in, mainly they dont want to compound the situation and secondly they are aware of the dangers of most rivers, particularly the Thames.

Brave man though, pity he didnt make it.

[barry1010]

The survivor is going to feel dreadful, too.