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Baldwin County, AL deputy dies after swimmer distress call in Gulf Shores
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:42 pm
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Update: A swimmer dies today 6/9
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Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office confirms a deputy has died after rescuing swimmers from a swimmer distress call.
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UPDATE(6/6/21 10:05 PM) — The name of the BCSO deputy has been released as Deputy William “Bill” Smith.
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ORIGINAL STORY
FORT MORGAN, Ala. (WKRG) — A Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been sent to the hospital after a swimmer distress call.
BCSO confirms four swimmers went into the water by Indie Condos on Dune Drive in Gulf Shores around 6:00 PM Sunday night and needed to be rescued.
Update: A swimmer dies today 6/9
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This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 3:12 pm
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Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:43 pm to East Coast Band
Drowning people are nothing to mess with.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:52 pm to East Coast Band
Never go rescue someone without some sort of board or flotation device. A drowning person will drown your arse trying to save themselves.
This post was edited on 6/6/21 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:53 pm to East Coast Band
One word, HERO! I hope his family gets $20m+!!!
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:56 pm to East Coast Band
Awful. The ocean is nothing to frick with and narcissistic inexperienced people put others in danger all the time. Those people that directly caused this hero to die will have to live with this forever. Sadly they’re so self centered they probably won’t care.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 11:00 pm to East Coast Band
An officer in Massachusetts drowned yesterday trying to rescue a kid in a pond. The kid also died.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 11:21 pm to East Coast Band
I got to meet Bill and his partner Sydney while they were stationed in Ft Morgan during Covid and that continued into summer. He was a great guy and was always looking out for us. Sad sad news out of Baldwin County tonight.
Posted on 6/6/21 at 11:23 pm to East Coast Band
We watched the shite go down. fricking terrible. They just trained those deputies in water rescue recently. We saw the deputy who died come hauling arse to the beach in a pickup, followed by numerous fire and rescue vehicles.
The survivors are going to have major guilt. We saw them go out and were like, wtf are those people doing going out in this shite? Now we know.
RIP. No way to go.
The survivors are going to have major guilt. We saw them go out and were like, wtf are those people doing going out in this shite? Now we know.
RIP. No way to go.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 7:49 am to East Coast Band
Why do we continue to try to prove Darwin wrong. Prayers for his family
Posted on 6/7/21 at 7:55 am to East Coast Band
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6:00 PM Sunday night and needed to be rescued.
Damn, weather in Mobile was terrible at 6:00 last night. What was it like at Fort Morgan? Probably not great
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:00 am to East Coast Band
Damn. We left Ft Morgan Saturday and I talked to Smith for a short time at the marina next to Tacky Jack's one day last week. He seemed like a great guy. Sucks for his family.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:03 am to East Coast Band
People are so fricking stupid. If the flag is red and you go in anyway, sorry but you should forfeit your right to be rescued. Dumbasses are dying and killing rescuers every year.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 8:24 am to East Coast Band
Prayers to his family. It seems like we have a few of these stories every summer from Gulf Shores/Orange Beach to Panama City Beach where people go into the water during inclement weather and then drown or someone attempting to rescue them drowns. It’s one of those situations where people truly believe it can’t happen to them and unfortunately, this time it resulted in the loss of life of someone forced to go into the water to try to rescue them.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 9:35 am to East Coast Band
That’s a damn shame. Don’t go into the ocean if you’re not a strong swimmer it’s common sense. I bet the drowning people fought the deputy who was trying to help, it’s a fight or flight reaction. I hope the deputy’s family is well compensated.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 10:04 am to East Coast Band
The idiotic family responsible for this needs to have the shite sued out of them.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 1:38 pm to East Coast Band
The hardest thing I did in Navy boot camp was a life circle where they put strong swimmers in the middle of weak swimmers forming a circle, then you had to tread water for 15 minutes at a time.
Those frickers were going crazy, kept pushing me under and flailing about. I had to get fricking mean and tell them if they didn't calm the frick down I was going to push them under. I can't remember if they had flotation devices or were using our working blues as such, just remember them being uncontrollably panicked.
Another thing that drove me nuts, why the frick would you join the Navy and not know how to swim.
Those frickers were going crazy, kept pushing me under and flailing about. I had to get fricking mean and tell them if they didn't calm the frick down I was going to push them under. I can't remember if they had flotation devices or were using our working blues as such, just remember them being uncontrollably panicked.
Another thing that drove me nuts, why the frick would you join the Navy and not know how to swim.
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Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:16 pm to East Coast Band
Every swimmer, child and adult, should understand what a rip-tide is and how to react if caught in one.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 3:42 pm to East Coast Band
fricking sucks man. A great guy is dead and some fricking idiots still draw breath. Rest easy Bill.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 4:08 pm to East Coast Band
cop knocked on our door today looking for eye witnesses. All we saw was the deputy who died hauling arse in his truck, to the beach, and then the aftermath of numerous other vehicles.
My wife and I witnessed a drowning at my dad's house on Tybee a couple years ago though. Had to give deposition testimony in civil matter, plus our police reports. That one was equally preventable and sad outcome with young child left fatherless.
Don't f around with water.
My wife and I witnessed a drowning at my dad's house on Tybee a couple years ago though. Had to give deposition testimony in civil matter, plus our police reports. That one was equally preventable and sad outcome with young child left fatherless.
Don't f around with water.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:48 pm to East Coast Band
Sad for that deputy and his family, but he did take the oath to protect the citizens he serves, even if it meant putting his own life on the line.
After his family's grief, they should be able to recognize he is a true hero. I know I view him as one.
After his family's grief, they should be able to recognize he is a true hero. I know I view him as one.
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