Kugcine ukubuyekezwa ngoMeyi 30, 2024 ngu Mthandi Wezinja
I-TikTok yowesilisa wase-Mississippi ihamba negciwane ngemuva kokuthumela 'umlayezo wokugcina' emndenini, inja lapho isikebhe sicwila
U-Easton Barrett, oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala umdobi kusukela Mississippi, wazithola esesimweni esisongela ukuphila lapho isikebhe sakhe sicwila phakathi nomqhudelwano wokudoba eGulf of Mexico ngoMgqibelo odlule. Ekanye nabangane bakhe abane, u-Barrett wasala evaleleke emanzini, ebambelele ezifubeni zeqhwa ezintantayo, ngemva kokuba isikebhe sabo sokudoba esinamamitha angu-28 se-Pursuit centre console sicwile ngendlela engaqondakali cishe amakhilomitha angu-30 ukusuka ogwini.
Njengoba engenaso isikhathi sokucela usizo noma ukubamba ama-flares, uBarrett ukwazile ukuqopha ividiyo emfushane ocingweni lwakhe, kamuva ayithumele kuTikTok, lapho isibukwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyisi-6. Kule vidiyo, eculwe ingoma kaCeline Dion ethi “My Heart Will Go On” yefilimu iTitanic, uBarrett uzwakalise ukukholelwa kwakhe ukuthi le vidiyo ingase ibe umlayezo wakhe wokugcina emndenini wakhe nakubakubo. Umdlwane onamasonto ayi-12 okuthiwa u-Louie.
La madoda ahlala ezolile futhi ahlala ndawonye emanzini, ucingo lukaBarrett belusasebenza ngokumangazayo nakuba lwalucwile emanzini. Ngemva kwamahora angaphezu kwamane okukhukhuleka, bagcina betakulwe yi-Coast Guard emanzini ase-Alabama, cishe amakhilomitha angu-12 kuya kwangu-15 ukusuka lapho isikebhe sehla khona.
U-Barrett uncoma izifuyo zeqhwa ezintathu ezintantayo kanye ne-Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) ngokusindisa izimpilo zabo. Ugcizelela ukubaluleka kokuba nemishini efanele, njengamajakhethi empilo ekhwalithi ephezulu kanye nama-EPIRB, akholelwa ukuthi kufanele kube yimpoqo kubo bonke. abagibeli bezikebhe.
UBarrett uhlela ukunxenxa ukuthi kwenziwe umthetho Ama-EPIRB imfuneko, njengoba ekholelwa ukuthi benze umehluko ekuxwayiseni i-Coast Guard kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi bayahlenga.Ividiyo yegciwane isebenza njengesikhumbuzo sesimo esingalindelekile sokuhamba ngesikebhe nokubaluleka kokulungiselelwa izimo eziphuthumayo.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kuka-Barrett kugqamisa ukubaluleka kokutshala imali ezintweni zokuphepha ezinokwethenjelwa nokuba nohlelo lapho kwenzeka into engacabangeki.
