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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman speeds across a river in a car, breaks through the ice and takes a moment for a ... SELFIE!
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Throck
(2,520 posts)Grind up her phone.
Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)she thought it was her last moments of life.
bottomofthehill
(8,338 posts)Not self confident, selfish. She put others in danger because of her stupidity.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Wow.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)What a nutcase.
Irish_Dem
(47,226 posts)Nothing would surprise me anymore.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)And the rescuers did not seem pleased.
I guess shes just agile. I wouldnt want to balance on my Outback even in the driveway, much less as it floated in water!
Irish_Dem
(47,226 posts)Right, I would be soaking wet getting out of the submerged car. And if I tried to stand up on the hood of the car I would fall in the water and drown.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)If I managed to get on top of the car, Id be on all fours holding on for dear life.
Irish_Dem
(47,226 posts)All very odd. Of course crouching down and holding on would be a survival strategy.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)With those boots and a coat on?
No doubt shes a hero to her social media friends.
John Ludi
(589 posts)than my hopes for the future.
Midnight Writer
(21,780 posts)"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille!"
She'll probably run for Congress. "Freedom!"
malaise
(269,144 posts)These folks will do anything for one minute in the limelight
tblue37
(65,459 posts)KS Toronado
(17,291 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,226 posts)I guess the US population feels immune from bad things happening to them.
To the point they are foolish.
She is in a life threatening emergency and instead of trying to figure out an escape plan she is taking selfies.
tblue37
(65,459 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,226 posts)Response to Irish_Dem (Reply #12)
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Ms. Toad
(34,085 posts)tblue37
(65,459 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,085 posts)But I haven't found anything which offers any explanation.
tblue37
(65,459 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,085 posts)and it doesn't look like she is trying to brake - not seeing the car spin, slow down, etc.
But you'd think if she was just driving on the river for the heck of it, one of the articles would have commented on it.
area51
(11,916 posts)tblue37
(65,459 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,451 posts)fight, flight and let me show everyone how stupid I am? - just a suggestion .
Emile
(22,860 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,362 posts)But, I'm guessing the ice was almost as thick as that woman's skull.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)the denial of claim letter from her insurance company. (I can only assume they'd deny it.)
Wingus Dingus
(8,059 posts)watch her demeanor after they pull her in on the kayak. They have to tell her to walk away from the river and the car.
chowder66
(9,074 posts)Interview with a guy that recued her.
https://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/audio-podcasts/the-morning-rush-zachary-king-interview-zachary-king-discusses-rescuing-the-woman-who-was-stranded-on-the-ice-yesterday-1.16953070?mode=Article
He had to walk away because of how happy she was with what she did. On the Manotick facebook they said she never said thank you to anyone.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/s5se1q/earlier_today_when_a_woman_drove_her_car_into_the/
demmiblue
(36,875 posts)I just listened to the interview (thanks for the link).
Something is going on with this woman.
struggle4progress
(118,320 posts)Ottawa paramedics also went to the scene, but said the lone occupant of the vehicle did not want to be assessed, and police said the driver was not injured ... Police said the driver was charged with one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle ..."
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/unfazed-woman-takes-selfie-from-her-car-sinking-through-the-ice-in-rideau-river