You Crazy Texans!

[BLEWBAYOU1]

Boater Rescued After Going Over Texas Dam.
AUSTIN, Texas (March 9) - A boater got the ride of his life when he fell overboard and was swept through a floodgate of a dam.
Authorities said the man and a female companion were boating on Lake Austin on Monday when the boat's motor quit and the current carried the boat up against the Tom Miller Dam.
A security guard atop the dam threw a rope to the woman and guided her to a rescue boat, but Dirk Hoekstra fell into the water.
''A second later is when my feet got sucked in by the water gate and that's when I went through,'' Hoekstra told CNN.
He said he managed to take a good breath before he went under.
''It was twisting me around like a rag doll and threw my arms all over the place and it just keeps flipping me from whirlpool to whirlpool,'' Hoekstra said.
He said he surfaced a quarter- to a half-mile downstream from the dam, made his way to a house on shore and called 911.
He ''is one of the luckiest persons in Austin right now,'' said Bryan Fitzpatrick of the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services.
03-09-05 1215EST
The things peaple do to get on TV.
Brian

[OMEGA_BUBBLE_JET]

I saw this on TV. the boat ended up going thru the floodgate also if I remember correct :jawdrop: I wonder how far of a fall it was for him? definitely a lucky guy
Omega

[BLEWBAYOU1]

I saw this on TV. the boat ended up going thru the floodgate also if I remember correct :jawdrop: I wonder how far of a fall it was for him? definitely a lucky guy
Omega
He said it was about a 100' fall.
Brian :shift:

[Greaser]

You know us Texans, always lookin fer a new way to get a thrill :hammer2:

[sdba069]

Hey Bubba.......... Watch this
Wasn't born in Texas, but got here as quick as I could !!!
and my second favorite
American by birth, Southern by the grace of God !!!

[jdf]

aren't you from okla snowman hahahaahahhaah

[sdba069]

Not hardly, although I did marry one of those Okies and ended up living there about 10 years. Philadelphia. Mississippi is where I call home, actually. But this Brazos River flowing through my front yard has kinda grown on me.