Die over some Driftwood Brehs cause "I aint getting in that f$#%n water" :kanyeshrug:

[Actually6Foot3]

After two drown in Niagara River, officials warn of deceptively calm water

Signs in Broderick Park posted on a metal railing along the Niagara River warn of swift water and prohibit swimming.

But some of the red letters on a warning sign near where two men drowned Monday have worn off. A ladder gives access to the water.

And there's little to stop people from getting in the water, where swift-moving waters can exceed 12 mph despite a deceptively calm appearance.

"Everyone here knows how fast this current is," said Ralph Jones, 66, a retiree from Buffalo who said he has been coming to Broderick Park his entire life. "So many people have died in this water right here. So, so many over the years."

The two men who drowned, identified by police as 29-year-old Mario Guthrie and 46-year-old Scott Vater, both of Buffalo, were pulled from the river about an hour after police were called to the scene at the foot of West Ferry Street at 4:37 p.m. on Monday.

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At least one of the men was attempting to recover a piece of driftwood in the water, according to witnesses. The other, witnesses said, was attempting to help the first man.

The men had to climb over a railing to get into the water, said Buffalo Police Capt. Jeff Rinaldo. The water is roughly 15 to 20 feet deep in that area, and the swift-moving current can exceed speeds of 12 mph. Eddies in the area have an undercurrent that pulls toward the river and down.

"They were in an eddy, so they didn't see the current," Rinaldo said.

The men went out into the water between 10 and 15 feet from the shore, Rinaldo said. Divers from the Buffalo Police Underwater Recovery Team pulled the submerged bodies to shore.

On Tuesday morning, about 10 to 15 fishermen lined the railing at the park, many using plastic buckets and nets to troll. Larry Toni, a retiree from Amherst, said he comes to Broderick Park to fish just about every day. He was there Monday when the drownings happened.

He said he saw a young man with a rope on him, but the rope got tangled, and an older man "jumped in after him." Toni said he initially thought the two were trying to get a fish in, but then he saw one of the man's arms.

"I heard them screaming. I grabbed my net and started running. It was too late, I couldn't get there in time," he said.

 

[Actually6Foot3]

fixed

 

[jdubnyce]

3:00

 

[Karb]

Damn that white guy was a good dude. Tried to save breh and ended up dying himself. Selfless thing to do. Foolish in hindsight, but his intention was to save breh

Sad to watch them just battle for their lives like that.

 

[Scuti]

The man filming could have literally done anything else. Like, anything. He couldnt make a panicked attempt to run around and find something that they could grab onto? How the fukk do you eat dinner and go to sleep knowing you gave 0 effort to save 2 human lives...

I cant imagine the terror of drowning and looking up only to see people standing there not only WATCHING but RECORDING IT HAPPENNING!

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

there was nothing the breh could do. He already seen one man get in, and get sucked in, and then another man got in to help him and got sucked in

what y'all want him to do? jump in there so that he can die too?

 

[mcellas]

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I can't swim so I hope this isn't a stupid question.... but they kept telling the first breh to grab the wood

if he had grabbed the wood and held onto it, would he really have been able to use that to keep from going under?

 

[Drip Bayless]

The man filming could have literally done anything else. Like, anything. He couldnt make a panicked attempt to run around and find something that they could grab onto? How the fukk do you eat dinner and go to sleep knowing you gave 0 effort to save 2 human lives...

I cant imagine the terror of drowning and looking up only to see people standing there not only WATCHING but RECORDING IT HAPENNING!

Nah wasn’t shyt he could’ve done about it
What caught me off guard was how nonchalant breh was about the situation
Dude was talking like he was watching a football game making comments about what play they should run
“Grab the wood “
“You better go in after him”
“His ass gon die in there”

 

[Drip Bayless]

I can't swim so I hope this isn't a stupid question.... but they kept telling the first breh to grab the wood

if he had grabbed the wood and held onto it, would he really have been able to use that to keep from going under?

Yeah he prolly could’ve grabbed it and paddled himself back to land
But who knows they said the current was strong as hell so he might’ve just gotten swept away by the river

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

I can't swim so I hope this isn't a stupid question.... but they kept telling the first breh to grab the wood

if he had grabbed the wood and held onto it, would he really have been able to use that to keep from going under?

no....it wasnt big enough and he was struggling too much.....they were doomed

 

[BlackPrint]

I can't swim so I hope this isn't a stupid question.... but they kept telling the first breh to grab the wood

if he had grabbed the wood and held onto it, would he really have been able to use that to keep from going under?

As long as he didn’t panic and pull with more force, yes. He would have been able to keep his head above water until someone could get to him.

That’s obv easier said than done though since your immediate reflex is gonna be to flail and pull downward.

 

[marcuz]

the problem with saving someone who doesnt know how to swim, they will drown you if you try to rescue them

 

[Mike Nasty]

He already seen one man get in, and get sucked in, and then another man got in to help him and got sucked in

They didn't get sucked into anything. Neither one of them could swim.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Over a fukkin piece of driftwood

Breh was at the damn “coastline” and then went back for a piece of wood. WTF?

The undercurrent is no fukkin joke clearly.