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    Default Jocassee mid week rescue

    Made a Last minute trip to jocassee with the wife and boys yesterday. All the rain in the mountains had the waterfalls rolling strong.

    Around 430 the winds picked up through the valley and in typical jocassee fashion which made the big water pretty sporty

    Cutting across the big water to the ramp, my 7yo points in the distance (a good 300/400 yards away) and says “dad, I think they need help”. I honestly didn’t see anything but agreed to check it out. Once we got close we found 4 teenagers treading water, no life jackets holding onto a sunken canoe with little to no energy left.

    I had to pull one over the side of the boat because he physically couldn’t swim to the ladder. In their current state treading in 215ft of water no closer than a half a mile to any shore, one kid said he only had a few more minutes left in him before going under.

    Come to find out, they were camping at the park, and rented the canoe to try and make it to the cliff to jump off the top.

    Here’s to hoping they learned a valuable lesson and thanking their lucky stars a 7yo was wise enough to see what appeared to be trouble and smart enough to speak out.

    The hero of the day
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    Last edited by mhogancu; 07-20-2018 at 10:01 AM.
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    now Hogan can fuck off on here all day and call it work, thanks!

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    Good stuff! I'd like to buy him a beer.
    DILLIGAF

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    God worked a great miracle through a 7 year old boy! Good job Dad on the rescue.
    U serious Clark?

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    Glad to hear it all work out.

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    Beyond awesome!!
    RIP Kelsey "Bigdawg" Cromer
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    If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.

    Missing you my great friend.


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    Good Job Hogan!

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    That's a spooky place to be when a storm rolls in. Good on the both of you.

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    great work

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    Know the exact spot your son is there. Good job. People have NO CLUE on the water. It’s a wonder more aren’t killed every year.
    \"We say grace and we say maam, if you ain\'t into that, we don\'t give a damn.\" HW Jr.

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    Great save but I would put a life jacket on the hero.

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    Man, those young eyes helped save those kids lives! God works in mysterious ways.
    Listen to your elders. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong.

    "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" Sir Winston Churchill

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    His first pack of cigarettes is on me.

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    I throw in his first bump

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sportin' Woodies View Post
    His first pack of cigarettes is on me.
    I'll spring for the hooker.

    Great job on both of you guys.
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    I'll throw in $20 on the hooker also.

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    Good stuff!

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    Nice work!

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    Damn right !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tha Dick View Post
    I'll throw in $20 on the hooker also.

    Let's not go crazy, we don't want to spoil him with the first one do we?

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    If you can't swim a half mile in South Carolina in July, you don't need to get in anything deeper than a bathtub.

    Good on the boy. I will kick in the blow for the hookers ass.

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