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demmiblue

(39,764 posts) Tue Aug 29, 2017, 11:52 AM Aug 2017

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Jet ski-riding hero in Houston rescues grandma from her flooded living room [View all]

Link to tweet

Via a post on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6wp0y0/my_friends_grandmother_being_jet_skid_out_of_her/

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Jet ski-riding hero in Houston rescues grandma from her flooded living room [View all] demmiblue Aug 2017 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #1

Love it. K&R. n/t FSogol Aug 2017 #2

That is how you use what you got! ChubbyStar Aug 2017 #3

Was he screened by the rescuee first? Don't want any trans-gender LGBT type person for sure! ffr Aug 2017 #4

Love it! sheshe2 Aug 2017 #5

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Aug 2017 #6

Beautiful! hamsterjill Aug 2017 #7

More good citizens in action! lark Aug 2017 #8

Houston is a Big Blue City. The most diverse city in the world. Zen Democrat Aug 2017 #11

Thank you, yes! This is what U.S. needs to hear. txwhitedove Aug 2017 #37

k&r logosoco Aug 2017 #9

This one's a good one alright! calimary Aug 2017 #10

k and r....nt Stuart G Aug 2017 #12

I love this image--question is, who took it? niyad Aug 2017 #13

My first thought. trof Aug 2017 #19

Yeah! forgotmylogin Aug 2017 #30

K&R! gademocrat7 Aug 2017 #14

Great, now my husband is going to want a jet ski flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #15

He should get one, just in case. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2017 #22

K&R ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #16

He looks like he's having fun Lazy Daisy Aug 2017 #17

I don't think I would use the phrase "having fun". He is giving a thumbs up because the person he still_one Aug 2017 #21

why can't a person have fun in service of other people Lazy Daisy Aug 2017 #23

I am just stating my impression. They are in the middle of a life-threatening disaster, rescuing still_one Aug 2017 #32

HOPE FOR HUMANITY JuJuYoshida Aug 2017 #18

Nice... Deuce Aug 2017 #20

A nice home turned into a disaster. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #24

That's a real mess allrite Ligyron Aug 2017 #26

The water's almost up to the doorknobs. NBachers Aug 2017 #33

Who would ever imagine having a jet ski in the living room? Vinca Aug 2017 #25

this is one heaven05 Aug 2017 #27

I haven't seen those threads. demmiblue Aug 2017 #28

I went back to my responses on the 27th heaven05 Aug 2017 #44

I'll take your word for it (I can't easily search because I don't have a star). demmiblue Aug 2017 #46

WHAT???!!! People said that here? Where? yardwork Aug 2017 #43

my responses on the 27th heaven05 Aug 2017 #45

Well, that's something you don't see every day. Nt onlyadream Aug 2017 #29

I love this! So sad about her house though. Glimmer of Hope Aug 2017 #31

Nice looking house LeftInTX Aug 2017 #35

Great Pic!!! burrowowl Aug 2017 #34

They make snowmobiles. I don't know if they work on sand LeftInTX Aug 2017 #36

thousands of regular people helping others! They are Heros! Sunlei Aug 2017 #38

That's a picture that should be a poster. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #39

KnR dae Aug 2017 #40

K&R for the nightowls. n/t raven mad Aug 2017 #41

Imagine a monument of that. SCVDem Aug 2017 #42