We look at each other, we're like "Was that just a boat? No, had to be a jet-ski. A boat did not just crash into the shore."
Either way, we knew we had to get over there to help somebody out. We get to the bank and after all the spray from the propellers stops, we see it IS a boat!
(the picture is after the guy's taken away and the boat's all cleaned up)
Un-freaking-believable! We watched this guy run his boat, full speed into the bank. He get's up and we're shouting "Are you OK? Is there anybody else with you?", cause we only see one guy.
He stands up, wobbling, waves his hand "I'm ok" and kind of waves us off as if there was nothing wrong. Meanwhile there's blood rivering down the boat from him. He is obviously NOT ok! We head over to help him along with our friends in their boat, call 911, and try and help the guy. It took FOREVER to finally get the EMS and police there to help. Um, thank goodness it was not a life-or-death situation because he would've been dead. And speaking of dead, this guy was LUCKY. Had he been a few feet to the right or left he would've smashed into a tree and really been messed up if not dead.
We ask the guy what happened. "Um, the boat's got some tricky steering"
Yeah, well you do have to keep your hands on the steering wheel.
"Have you been drinking?"
"Just a few beers. Maybe 4."
Probably 4 in the last half an hour. The guy was drunk!
He had just dropped off his friends so he was by himself. Luckily he realized he was going to crash and got in the middle of his boat, which wrecked his leg (that's where the blood was coming from). If he has stayed in the driver's seat it would have been his head- ouch!
After all the chaos and an hour of our babysitting money gone to helping this idiot, we're just glad he crashed into the bank and not our boat. People like this should not be driving a boat.
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God, I'm so glad he didn't hit you guys on the way to shore. Scary stuff, Maynard.
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