Chinese girl using mobile disappears into sink hole
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Unusual vid clip here:
http://www.itn.co.uk/world/43854/Chinese+girl+fall...
Don't worry she's OK apparently.
http://www.itn.co.uk/world/43854/Chinese+girl+fall...
Don't worry she's OK apparently.
They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.
motco said:
They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.
Risible - but it's so close to the truth.However the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.
motco said:
They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.
Sadly it's true. This was a big news story north of the border - Daily Mail link came up first when searching - sorryhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062590/Al...
All the Scottish media were carrying this story at the time and the resulting court case - don't know if it was newsworthy anywhere else...
tvrolet said:
motco said:
They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.
Sadly it's true. This was a big news story north of the border - Daily Mail link came up first when searching - sorryhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062590/Al...
All the Scottish media were carrying this story at the time and the resulting court case - don't know if it was newsworthy anywhere else...
"While the rescue operation was in progress, group commander Paul Stewart arrived as a media relations officer. He assumed command after realising he was the most senior officer there. His first move was to stop a paramedic who was already strapped in a harness from being lowered. And he refused to allow colleagues to rescue her using ropes because they had not received the correct training. Mr Stewart feared they could be sued if the mission failed. Incredibly, he told a fatal accident inquiry that the operation had a ‘successful outcome’ because the casualty was ultimately removed from the shaft."
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"I found their evidence bullish, if not arrogant, in their determination to justify the subservience of the need to carry out a rescue to the need to fulfil to the letter…brigade policy"
Sheriff Desmond Leslie
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tvrolet said:
motco said:
They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.
Sadly it's true. This was a big news story north of the border - Daily Mail link came up first when searching - sorryhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062590/Al...
All the Scottish media were carrying this story at the time and the resulting court case - don't know if it was newsworthy anywhere else...
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turbobloke said:
motco said:
They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.
Risible - but it's so close to the truth.However the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.
AJS- said:
turbobloke said:
motco said:
They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.
Risible - but it's so close to the truth.However the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.
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Unfortunately those H&S regs can't ensure that something stays there...
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