Saturday, January 17, 2009

Coast Guard Video of Hudson River Rescue



Nothing happens the first two minutes of the video. Gives you some appreciation for what law enforcement must endure, scouring hours of surveillance tapes looking for a few minutes of criminal activity!

Then, the question in my mind was: How do you approach a floating airplane? From the front or the rear? Do these guys ever get to practice this, or just make it up as they go along?

Then, there's the second boat that looked like he was going to throw up a significant wake to hit the "raft with wings". He either pulled up or was waved off (no pun intended!) and then took a slower approach.

Fascinating stuff!

Hat tip LGF
Cross Posted at Say Anything

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