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Firefighters launched a boat and were on their way to rescue a man in an inner tube who was under the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.
Dispatchers received the call about the man about 2 p.m. and the fire department launched a boat to rescue the man, Jack Goldhorn, Norfolk Fire-Rescue spokesman, confirmed.
The man was under the northbound side of the bridge and had floated too far from shore to get back on his own, Goldhorn said.
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Darwin Award candidate?
Our Hampton Roads entry for the annual prize.
Oh boy...just wait!
This dude will never live this one down. Good thing someone saw him. For the fire dept.......all in a days work. Wait a minute.....was this a story with a happy ending in the Pilot? Yes!
Here's your sign....
Thank God we have a firefighter force that can rescue the man.
Any self-righteousness comments are to forget their individual dumb mistakes.
How dumb!
If you cant swim stay the heck out of the water, The fire department has better things to do then go in after your dumb butt.
OHHHHHH...
...the words I'd like to use fro this individual...