Queens Quay Drowning

[SkyRider]

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-ma...ear-ferry-terminal-dies-in-hospital-1.2962045

Not the first time and, unfortunately, probably won't be the last time. There's little or no physical barriers to prevent someone from falling into the water.

 

[SchlongConery]

@ 4:50 AM on a Saturday night after a night out on the town, I doubt any barriers would save this Darwin winner

 

[jcpro]

We should build a wall(sarcasm alert).

 

[SchlongConery]

We should build a wall(sarcasm alert).

Agreed. Build it of Black Rocks. But Skyrider keeps flying over it!

 

[explorerzip]

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-ma...ear-ferry-terminal-dies-in-hospital-1.2962045

Not the first time and, unfortunately, probably won't be the last time. There's little or no physical barriers to prevent someone from falling into the water.

No physical barriers on Lakeshore to prevent someone from walking into traffic. No physical barriers on all those condo balconies to prevent someone jumping onto the Gardiner, etc. etc.

 

[SkyRider]

No physical barriers on all those condo balconies

The balconies I've seen have some kind of fencing. Of course, a determined person can climb over the fencing.

 

[GameBoy27]

One of the smartest things you can learn growing up is how to swim/tread water.

 

[whitewaterguy]

One of the smartest things you can learn growing up is how to swim/tread water.

True.... Never the less with the summer vacation season upon us it won't be long before newsfeeds will be reporting 3 drunk guys in a fishing boat drownings across cottage country

 

[GameBoy27]

True.... Never the less with the summer vacation season upon us it won't be long before newsfeeds will be reporting 3 drunk guys in a fishing boat drownings across cottage country

Followed by... "None of the victims were wearing life jackets".

 

[Ridgeman08]

Followed by... "None of the victims were wearing life jackets".

Like the Guelph couple that went kayaking on the Credit River last March. Freezing cold water, no life jackets, no spray skirt and no dry suit... natural selection at its core.

As much as our nanny state society tries to keep everyone safe. The truly stupid ones will always find a way!

 

[SkyRider]

I was in that general area on the weekend during daylight. Lots of little kids running around and/or riding their little bikes. None of them fell into the water. Still the barriers as they are don't help much to prevent accidents. The steel chain rope type barriers are so low they are trip hazards. Be careful when you back up to take a photo.

Question: Is it possible that people have fell in but were pulled out alive and the media didn't report the news?

 

[explorerzip]

One of the smartest things you can learn growing up is how to swim/tread water.

Or not walking near the waterfront when you're blitzed out of your mind or not getting blitzed in the first place?

 

[explorerzip]

I was in that general area on the weekend during daylight. Lots of little kids running around and/or riding their little bikes. None of them fell into the water. Still the barriers as they are don't help much to prevent accidents. The steel chain rope type barriers are so low they are trip hazards. Be careful when you back up to take a photo.

Question: Is it possible that people have fell in but were pulled out alive and the media didn't report the news?

There is no barrier that is going to completely stop people from falling into the water. Unless we're prepared to totally cut off access to the water with a barbed wire fence. People like this drunk kid are probably going to find a way around it anyway. Given that there are hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of people that walk on the waterfront every year and don't fall in, I don't think this is big problem.

If people are falling in and being rescued successfully there's really nothing to report. It may get a 2 second mention on the radio and that's about it.

 

[Aardvark154]

One of the smartest things you can learn growing up is how to swim/tread water.

Indeed, for many years after World War I, Harvard College had a swimming test graduation requirement after a number of recent graduates drowned during World War I when the ships they were on were torpedoed or mined and they were unable to swim.

 

[nondescriptive]

Another body pulled from Queens Quay, this time an elderly male's body was pulled from Queens Quay between Bathurst and Spadina this morning.

 

[t.o.leafs.fan]

Time to cover Lake Ontario with a cement dome.

 

[nondescriptive]

Better yet, we need "HoloDeck" technology right now!

 

[nondescriptive]

Just caught a quick news bite, it's actually the 3rd body pulled from the lake this week, yikes!

 

[explorerzip]

Time to cover Lake Ontario with a cement dome.

People can still trip and crack their head open on a concrete dome. We should dump a shit load of Jello powder into Lake Ontario! At least if you fall in, you'll taste good.

 

[Ridgeman08]

Just caught a quick news bite, it's actually the 3rd body pulled from the lake this week, yikes!

Natural selection...