Surfer
08-19-2007, 06:40 PM
Two girls badly hurt in Pompano Beach parasailing accident -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-0818parasailing,0,3729610.story?coll=sfla-business1)
I was leaving clients business and heard the sirens and helicopters like 5 minutes before I left, then driving up A1A I get to Atlantic Blvd and was redirected with ambulances and police everywhere. Didn't know what happened as I didn't see any cars crashed, figured maybe somebody got hit on a motorcycle or something. Friends of ours have a business about a half mile away on the beach so stopped there to hang out. We get a call saying what happened, this Parasail guy worked for my friend of which fired him in June citing unsafe equipment and boat and had reported him to managment in the area (for hotels etc) yet the idiots still allowed him to operate. Some of his chutes had holes and tethers/straps were worn out etc, yet these idiots still allowed him to operate. And look what happens. Now my buddy is going to the city with backup to have him as the "go to" guy for watersports etc, he's never had an issue all these years, while another guy just had a college girl die on jet ski the other week and elave another girl as a veggie in the hospital. When water gets ruff, he pulls the ski's out while the other guys keep going risking the liability, wind gets strong like yesterday has has his new Parasail guy (who takes excellent care of his equipment) not fly as even a 20 knot wind is dangerous witha chute. But these other guys will like yesterday.
We were so pissed as he told the authorities and has proof and emails explaining the unsafe operation of this guy, yet nothing was done. Now two young girls are in the hospital and may not survive.
I was leaving clients business and heard the sirens and helicopters like 5 minutes before I left, then driving up A1A I get to Atlantic Blvd and was redirected with ambulances and police everywhere. Didn't know what happened as I didn't see any cars crashed, figured maybe somebody got hit on a motorcycle or something. Friends of ours have a business about a half mile away on the beach so stopped there to hang out. We get a call saying what happened, this Parasail guy worked for my friend of which fired him in June citing unsafe equipment and boat and had reported him to managment in the area (for hotels etc) yet the idiots still allowed him to operate. Some of his chutes had holes and tethers/straps were worn out etc, yet these idiots still allowed him to operate. And look what happens. Now my buddy is going to the city with backup to have him as the "go to" guy for watersports etc, he's never had an issue all these years, while another guy just had a college girl die on jet ski the other week and elave another girl as a veggie in the hospital. When water gets ruff, he pulls the ski's out while the other guys keep going risking the liability, wind gets strong like yesterday has has his new Parasail guy (who takes excellent care of his equipment) not fly as even a 20 knot wind is dangerous witha chute. But these other guys will like yesterday.
We were so pissed as he told the authorities and has proof and emails explaining the unsafe operation of this guy, yet nothing was done. Now two young girls are in the hospital and may not survive.