Rescue teams were repeatedly called to help a man who twice jumped into a Kent river as pubs reopened after lockdown.
The"intoxicated male" jumped into the River Medway in Maidstone at about 21:00 BST on Saturday evening. He was pulled from the water in a"distressed state", but dived back in"a short while later," Kent Search and Rescue said.The man, who was part of a"very drunk" group who were"mucking about" near the river, was first rescued after jumping into the water and shouting"help me I can't swim", volunteer James Dunn said.
He refused medical treatment and jumped into the water a second time. Rescue boats then"herded" the man back to the river bank, before he ran away, Mr Dunn added.Mr Dunn said volunteers who run the service were happy to patrol waterways on busy evenings because"accidents happen," but added it was"frustrating when deliberate selfish acts of stupidity put everyone at risk".
In a statement, the service said the man's"sheer stupidity" had"not only put his own life at risk but twice caused rescue teams to put their lives at risk in an effort to help him".
He is now a Legend in Kent and this story will be spoken off 100 years from now
If this was any ordinary Saturday there is not a chance you would report this. You entitled the day “super Saturday” and then go out of your way to report on a few drunk idiots. Disgraceful reporting.
GrahamAdams87
Classic british common sense
Gtbh..i wld leave him there..as of.his own doing
He just wanted to swim
Should have left the idiot after the first time. I doubt we would be losing a Nobel prize winner....
Testing his eyesight
To be fair this could have happened any normal Friday or Sat night.
Slow news day
A man cannot enter the same river twice.
racheltarley
Should have left him the second time it's clearly what he wanted.
AidOBrien98
Just as I was thinking the twitter story of “idiot son” was too much even as fiction
Natural Selection - should've left him 💁♀️
Wasting public resources. Second time around I would have let him drown.
PunkProfStories has IdiotSon given you the slip or is Darren missing his bezzie?
I've well and truly haddock enough of this type of behaviour.
Drank in the pub drowned in river scene. 😋👍🏾
Well that was once too many
There's that thing Bozo calls 'British common sense'.
Just... ROFLMAO
Not..........defundTheBBC
Let him drown. Problem solved.
Farage?
Should have left him in there...
Make him pay for his rescue!!!
kieranmcg88 😂😂😂😂
Was it old man Johnson?
A cheeky bastard,
Boris’ dad out again ?
Wouldn’t be news BC (beforecovid)
Should have left him there
Leave him to drown🐙
Irresponsible government.
He should’ve been fined, at least for the second rescue. It costs the RNLI approximately £1500 per rescue. The RNLI also only get 2% of their funding from the government. He should have to cover it. Maybe he’ll think twice about it in the future.
What a waste of resources.
Should’ve left him
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And I'm the criminal for staying home, smoking a joint and playing some video games... 🤷♂️
laughingginge He should count himself lucky...... .....post Brexshit the Hancock Private Rescue & Tax Avoidance Service will want his card details before pulling him out of the water!
FauzKhalid Closing down was a mistake.
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It’s OK, it’s allowed, he’s from Kent. Acting a tit is ‘exuberant celebration’ near London. North of Watford and the press would be calling for the death penalty.
Blert.
He should be billed for the cost of the rescue.
So people drunk is now news? Welcome to our tyrannical Hell people.
Who cares
No happy reports of people who enjoyed the day and got home safe and well ? No, thought not.
Charge him costs simple 🤷♂️
This was the last image of him leaving the British Bulldog Pub in Maidstone before he entered the river shouting at a dingy full of people.
At least he's alive 🙄
Should have put some weights on his fucking legs wasting services time
😂😂😂
Twice? There's that British common sense BJ keeps talking about. Ffs.
what was the point ?
Great job 🙄🙄🙄🤬🤬
Piss head falls in water sensation. The BBC is a bad joke.
Did he look slightly toadlike?
Milanowekpet Trust English Common Sense.
Shouid have to pay for the costs of his rescue . Total idiot
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Should of left him there.
He actually nearly drowned twice on the eve of the 72nd anniversary of the NHS. And coincidentally on the same day USA celebrated Independance Day. Neither of which have anthing to do with him being a knob either. Pubs opening not the reason for his actions. Lazy pop journalism.
It’s wasnt Nigel_Farage was it? 🤔😂
Charge in him for his rescue
ONE TOO MANY, OR DID HE HAVE A DEATH WISH?
Why are we surprised ? Predictable response from individuals who just don’t understand the implication of their actions ...for them , others , the nhs and the country .. I despair when the majority of people are trying to be sensible
Another tortured genius.
Was he trying to catch fast fish 🎣 using a barrel? He should have reached for the strychnine nitrate and stop wasting time
This is why we can’t have nice things
What a waste of space
🙄
Brexit voter, the absolute bottom dregs of our society.
Was he on his own 😎
LMAO!!!
Twice! 😂
What's a guy jumping into a river got to do with pubs reopening you idiots
rusty91104
Twice too many times!
Darwin: ' natural selection '
If at first you don’t succeed, Try rye again.
They live amongst us...
Intoxicated editor believes this is national news
Let him be, where ever he wants to be 😂
Was it Farage?
This is “news” DefundTheBBC
Should have left him
And
🤦♀️
What's BarryGardiner doing in Kent?
I hope he's served with a large bill.
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They should leave him there the second time to get sober 🙄
Maidstone proud winners of the stupid award of the day😂 Anyone have any other candidates, or does the trophy belong to Maidstone?
Twice didn’t he learn the 1st time 😂
Unintoxicated people were being rescued from waters before the pubs reopen as well. People are either idiots or unfortunate but happens all the time at any time!
So just gonna ignore the thousands of responsible people who went to the pub and just enjoyed themselves ?
unleash hell way to go Boris🤣
He needs some inflatable arm bands.
You know you can be serious about this or you can laugh knowing he's ok but it was really funny ha not once but twice got rescued haha ”ya rate Phil”? Ahhh not bad nearly drowned, order me another beer just going outside for a fag again. Ahhh fack not again that slippy slab
Sometimes it’s best to let Natural Selection run its course.
Where’s PMs advisors? Make sure they’ll pass these news to him too?!
laughingginge Third time lucky ?
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