Via Drudge: A traffic stop turned into a multi-agency sea rescue after a suspect misguidedly attempted to elude police officers by taking to the open ocean.
On Wednesday afternoon at around 4:15 p.m., Surf City police officers stopped 20-year-old Zachary Kingsbury. Police spotted contraband in Kingsbury’s vehicle and asked the young man, who hails from Linwood, Washington, to step out of his vehicle. Shortly after police began interviewing him, Kingsburgy took off on foot, heading towards the beach.
As Surf City Police watched, Kingsbury continued running into the ocean and began swimming away from shore. Police deployed a drone and were able to track Kingsbury for some time.
At one point in the drone footage, provided by the Surf City Police Department, a shark can clearly be seen following Kingsbury through the water. At this point, Kingsbury had been swimming for nearly an hour an was more than 4,000 feet – the better part of a mile – off the coast.
That’s when, according to Surf City Police Chief Ron Shanadan, the chase “became a rescue operation.”
On Wednesday afternoon at around 4:15 p.m., Surf City police officers stopped 20-year-old Zachary Kingsbury. Police spotted contraband in Kingsbury’s vehicle and asked the young man, who hails from Linwood, Washington, to step out of his vehicle. Shortly after police began interviewing him, Kingsburgy took off on foot, heading towards the beach.
As Surf City Police watched, Kingsbury continued running into the ocean and began swimming away from shore. Police deployed a drone and were able to track Kingsbury for some time.
At one point in the drone footage, provided by the Surf City Police Department, a shark can clearly be seen following Kingsbury through the water. At this point, Kingsbury had been swimming for nearly an hour an was more than 4,000 feet – the better part of a mile – off the coast.
That’s when, according to Surf City Police Chief Ron Shanadan, the chase “became a rescue operation.”
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5 comments:
Something Jan and Dean never sang about.
Its actually Lynwood Washington. And no shark "pursues" someone for a mile.
Sensationalism. The shark was seen in the vicinity of the swimmer, but this was no Jaws movie.
That was some strong swimming, I must say. Weak thinking, but strong swimming - plenty of people drown in that area due to exhaustion, drugs, drink, low IQ, you name it. So way to survive, dummy, and enjoy your stay in jail.
Where on earth was he swimming to? Japan?
The Azores would have been his next stop. He is a good swimmer, not a great one.
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