I was strolling along the river, trying to think of something to write here, and listening to my mp3 player when I turned to look at the river in time to see one of the rowing teams bump up against a pillar of one of the bridges. They scraped along it a little and then just sat there, as if waiting for someone to come up with a plan. No one seemed all that panicked, but suddenly it looked like someone had given the order for everyone to get into the water. It took a little while for me to realize that the river had made that decision for them when it wrapped that sucker around the column and dumped everyone out. Three people floated downstream while the rest held on to the boat. I watched as the spotter craft went after the floaters, throwing them lifevests and getting ready to haul them in. Things seemed pretty well in hand so I started to walk on.
"I wish I'd had my camera," I thought, then realized that my mp3 player had a camera function so I returned to the scene and took these pics. It also has a video functionality so next time I will not hesitate to get the whole thing documented for internet stardom's sake.
After posting these pics on fb I then realized that maybe the local rag could use them so I sent them along and moments later answered a call from the editor to whom I tried to relate the story. The original article went up the next day and I was then called so that I could fill in the details with a reporter.
Here are some links to the rag (spot the spelling errors!):
http://www.gazettetimes.com/crewers-in-the-water-jpg/image_d87a6eac-a444-11e3-a3aa-0019bb2963f4.html
I have now started a collection titled BAD CAMERA TAKES BAD PICS that I hope to sustain with more examples of how a non-camera device attempts to use its sad power to take pictures. Here are some more from near the scene of the wreck:
And some more:
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