As a teenager I used to check my muskrat traps in a little John boat. I sometimes was a couple miles from any house (back when there were less houses). Thinking back, if I ever fell out and got wet up to the chest, I probably would have died of hypothermia. I checked traps when it was really could out sometimes, didn't even give it at thought. Now, I won't even go out to gather eggs when it is cold out without a phone in my pocket.
On another but similar note, I was in a gun store near Delaware Ohio state park and a young guy came in and with a very serious but quite tone, asked the guy working there if he could give him his cell phone in case anyone found his brother. Both the employee and myself thought his brother may have gotten lost and they were looking for him in the wildlife area. We asked him what his brother looked like and he said, he looks like me, but then he said to the employee, it's just a recovery effort at this point. The worker said may ask what happened to your brother. He told us they were out fishing out of a low profile boat maybe a john boat and they got swamped. Water temps were still in the thirties (March Time). His brother's life vest slid off and his own life jacket stayed on and he managed to call 911 before he passed out.
They rescued him and he was in the hospital for a couple days but his brother's body didn't get discover for almost a week. You have to put a little thought to those things when you are dealing with extremes, Heat/Cold. You don't get very long to recover from a mistake or a breakdown. Took me a couple days for that to stop bothering me. I just can't imagine.
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — One person has been taken to a hospital and another is believed to be missing Thursday after a possible boating accident at Delaware State Park. The Ohio Department of…
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