Man I'm glad they got him off the water. We see that stuff happen more often than you would believe. Fisherman are rarely an issue unless someone decides to anchor in the middle of the channel. Jet skis and ski boats seem to have a death wish. We had a boat on bay springs drop a skier lest than 200' in front of us a few months ago. My captain was on the bridge and told me when I went full astern that it wouldn't make a difference. Luckily they got him out of the water at the last moment but it took me almost another 1000' feet to stop past where he was. And I was only making a few miles an hour. Southbound loaded on the MS River, it's a good mile to stop.... If she lets you at all. In my experience, those that go into the big river inadvertently, don't come out. She doesn't like to give up her dead. Our sister ship had the body of a jumper from the upper Baton Rouge bridge go under a barge unknown to them, they found it when they broke the tow.........in St. Louis!

That being said, I was once bullet proof too! Lol Where did?





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