The ABC affiliate in Birmingham also declined to comment, but in a story Monday about the state’s response, the station included Dennis’ full, unedited interview.īen Rathe, a spokesperson for TikTok, stressed “boat jumping” has never trended on platform, echoing a statement the company’s office in Mexico City previously provided in Spanish. “It got blown way out of proportion,” said Dennis, who didn’t respond to requests for additional comment this week. He told AL.com, another local news outlet in Alabama, that his remarks during an interview about boating safety were taken out of context, but he maintained that his organization has responded to reports of people who jumped off boats this year. Meanwhile Dennis, the local first responder quoted in the original story, walked back his comments after state officials weighed in this week. “When they jumped out of the boat, they literally broke their neck … instant death.” “Police say at least 4 people have died doing the TikTok boat jumping challenge,” wrote one Twitter user in a widely shared post that included various video clips of people diving off moving boats. Some even include videos purporting to show the victims. People magazine, the New York Post and a number of other major outlets that initially reported on the TikTok challenge deaths have since updated their stories to include the state’s response.īut social media users, in English and in Spanish, are still sharing the claims as accurate. The other fatalities included a 19-year-old who crashed his jet ski into a tree in May and a man who apparently drowned in January after the vessel he was on struck a bridge and capsized. A day earlier, a 65-year-old man drowned after he got off a pontoon boat to help a dog in a lake. On July 8, for example, a 79-year-old man drowned after falling off his boat without a life vest while fishing overnight on a river. None of the incident reports mentions TikTok or any such challenge. In a follow up email to The Associated Press, the agency provided details about six water-related deaths marine patrol investigated so far this year. “It is incredible to see our volunteers so passionate about not just possessing the skills that drive our role in leading the response to storms, floods, and tsunamis, but in also specialising in other areas too.It noted that one person was fatally injured after jumping from a moving boat in 2020 and a similar case happened in 2021, but that neither death was linked to TikTok. “They will be put through their paces in scenarios such as lifting a large tree to rescue two people trapped underneath it, rescue people injured along a bush trail, and will even rescue a person that has fallen down a steep slope. “Starting off, we have units from Dapto, Queanbeyan and the Southern Illawarra, competing in Wollongong this weekend (1 and 2 May),” she said. “Every two years, our volunteers shine in the national event, and show the rest of the nation just how skilled they are,” she said.Ĭommissioner York said units from across the state have nominated to participate in local challenges to see who will progress to the state level challenge, where the winner of that will then represent the service at this year’s national challenge in Western Australia. “The biennial National Disaster Rescue Challenge, which has been running since 1988, was designed to test these very capabilities. “Our volunteers are capable in road crash rescue, land search and rescue, vertical rescue and as community first responders,” Commissioner York said. Over the next few months, teams of volunteers will test their skills in scenarios involving land search and rescue, rescuing casualties from various heights and depths, and delivering first aid.Ĭommissioner of NSW SES, Carlene York, said the service’s volunteers do so much more than respond to storms, floods and tsunamis, and this national challenge was a great way to test those skills and capabilities, and learn new ways to tackle problems.
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Teams of NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) volunteers will be competing against one another in a series of challenges to see who will represent NSW in the upcoming biennial National Disaster Rescue Challenge in Western Australia.
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