Dude who jumps in the wintery sea to save his drone has to be fished out
There is heroism to this story, but it doesn't belong to the guy who tried to save his drone from drowning.
A 22-year-old, named in reports simply as Singh, cast his fears aside and jumped into the ocean to retrieve the device after it crashed into the water during a student photoshoot on St. Kilda Pier in Victoria, Australia.
Unfortunately, all hopes of saving the drone quickly disappeared as Singh's body started to cramp due to the cold, making him unable to move in the wintery sea. The absence of a ladder between the pier and the water prevented an easy exit.
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"I couldn't touch the floor with my feet, so then I started panicking. It was cold as well," Singh told 9 News.
Thankfully, his friends scrambled to form a makeshift rope out of their clothes, before police arrived to retrieve him.
By this point, Singh had been in the water for 30 minute and police said that he would have started to drift in and out of consciousness had he stayed in much longer.
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Victoria Police said in a statement that the drone "is now in the depths of the bay", but a 9 News cameraman was able to retrieve it during the day, with the memory card still functioning. Suffice to say, it would have been better for Singh to have waited until the morning.
"That was a stupid decision I made. I'm not proud of it," he said of his ill-conceived rescue mission.
So kids, don't be a hero and jump into the freaking water in the middle of the night to save your wayward drone. Or if you do, at least do it during daylight -- and as smoothly as this guy:
