He told ABC 7: “The four that we responded to when they jumped out of the boat, they literally broke their neck and, you know, basically an instant death … I think people, if they’re being filmed on camera, I think they’re more likely to do something stupid because they want to show off in front of their friends for social media.” It’s where you get in a boat going at a high rate of speed, you jump off the side of the boat, don’t dive, you’re jumping off feet first and you just kinda lean into the water,” Dennis told WBMA. “Last six months we have had four drownings that were easily avoidable. “It got blown way out of proportion,’’ Dennis said, adding that there is no data to support his original claims.Įarlier this month, Dennis told multiple media outlets that several people died after leaping from a boat, only to break their necks on the wake and drown. “To say that’s the reason they died, I can’t say that. “We’ve had four drownings in the last six to eight months (that the Childersburg Rescue Squad worked) and some of those were just drownings,’’ Dennis told AL.com Monday, retconning his original claims that risk-takers were breaking their necks trying to take part in the TikTok “boatjumping” stunt. Jim Dennis, captain of the Childersburg Rescue Squad, is now insisting recent drownings in the area are not linked to a social media phenomenon that encourages daredevils to leap out of speeding boats - despite being quoted as saying so earlier this month. Jim Dennis of the Childresburg Rescue Squad has walked back his original claims that local drownings were tied to the TikTok “boat-jumping” trend.Īn Alabama official claimed that a deadly TikTok trend has killed four people in the past six months - then walked back his remarks days later, alleging that his previous statements were “blown way out of proportion.” Soda lovers shocked to discover fingerless hack to opening a canĮditor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Capt. Mom takes tooth fairy very seriously: ‘Some say it’s extra but I love it!’ Outraged NY dad calls out doctor who questioned 9-year-old son about his genderĪirbnb host reveals the trash and treasures people leave behind: ‘Jackpot!’
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