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bela:
What? What happened to your truck? Can't you take her on a subway or trolley car or something?
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 12:38:37 pm)

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By PAUL WESTMOORE and HAROLD McNEIL
News Niagara Bureau
10/25/01

NIAGARA FALLS - A Coast Guard helicopter crew Wednesday rescued a man clinging to a rock 100 yards from the brink of the American Falls.
Chewing Wax, 37, of Buffalo, was saved after Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Eric Mueller was lowered on a line from the helicopter into the Niagara River halfway between the pedestrian bridge and the brink of the falls. Mueller secured Wax with a harness, and the helicopter flew both to safety. State Parks Police officers received a call about 2 p.m. on one of the park's emergency phone lines, reporting that a man had jumped from the bridge.

Parks Police Sgt. Patrick Moriarty said officers discovered Wax in the middle of the river, stuck in fast-flowing water between the mainland and Goat Island. A Parks Police rescue team floated a raft to him from just upriver, but the force of the rapids tore the raft free, and it was swept over the falls, Moriarty said.

As officers prepared to send a rescue ring to Wax, a Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched, along with an Erie County Sheriff's Department helicopter.

"When we pulled up into the harbor, we could see (Wax) was holding onto a rock," said Mueller, a trained rescue swimmer.

"The flight mechanic, Sean Lott, was able to pilot in on the victim while I got ready and hooked onto the hoist. We just worked as a team to get down there and rescue the guy," Mueller said during a news conference outside the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Base.

The helicopter and crew, stationed out of the Coast Guard Air Station in Detroit, have been temporarily assigned to the air base in support of local security operations.

Wednesday's rescue was unusual and difficult for the four-man crew.

"We're used to a lot of open-water rescues in the lake, so we don't have a lot of experience with swift-water rescues," Mueller said. "My main concern was getting the guy off the rock without losing him over the side of the falls."

Piloting the helicopter was Lt. Cmdr. Richard Hinchion and Lt. Junior Grade Eric Hollinger. Assisting them was Aviation Technician Second Class Sean Lott, the crew's flight mechanic.

Wax was taken to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, where he was being treated for hypothermia and undergoing psychiatric evaluation, Moriarty said.
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drunk monkey:
wax - how much were the tickets - I'm trying to sell them
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 2:08:56 pm)

Detef Sping and his Small Doomed Planet®:

Good luck with the ticket scalping. I'm recording my new album in Trenton. This is going to be fab.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 2:25:44 pm)

Decoy:
Hey monkey. Hello. Are you going to the game?
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 2:37:24 pm)

Decoy:
The Coast Guard was just at my door. They suggested no more maguarita nights.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 2:38:51 pm)

drunk monkey:
yes - I'm going. Just trying to wrangle up some Bills fans out here on the west coast
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 2:44:46 pm)

Decoy:
There's BIlls fans everywhere. You should do fine; for the right price, anyway. 'My best to the family, by the way.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 2:48:14 pm)

bela:
Ha ha, thats funny: Small Doomed Planet. Excellent.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:08:24 pm)

bela:
Well, it seems my plans for getting canned have been foiled. Big boss spoke to me today about working on the east side 3 days a week to help out with their catalogs. Poo.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:12:05 pm)

Decoy:
So not only did you not get canned, you have to work 3 days a week? Gah!
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:16:06 pm)

bela:
No, I think I have to work 3 days out of the week on the east side and then the other days here in Times Squ.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:20:03 pm)

bela:
Where are the photos of someone's weekend?
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:20:28 pm)

Heruka:
Blowing like stink, and kinda cold. There's a rose sale going on at the fairgrounds tomorrow and Saturday. Think I'll go tomorrow, as Saturday morning I'm going to view a boat for possile purchase. An old wood sailboat.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:34:57 pm)

Myk Murphy:
Sorry about your employment, bela. Playing this weekend? I may be near new york city saturday night. Northern nj.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:39:48 pm)

Heruka:
I don't understand. You barely have enough money to get through now, but you want to lose your job. Am I missing something here?
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:40:44 pm)

Heruka:
Ah, Jersey. Gods country.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:41:18 pm)

bela:
No, you're not really missing anything.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:42:21 pm)

bela:
I'd have more money if I didn't spend so much on food and buying things.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 3:43:52 pm)

:
I don't understand. You barely have enough money to get through now, but you want to purchase. An old wood sailboat. Am I missing something here?
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 4:06:48 pm)

Queenie:
yeah.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 4:27:02 pm)

Queenie:
If you lousy bastards don't say happy birthday to Sidney this instant, I'm going to... uh... stew furiously in impotent rage.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 4:27:35 pm)

bela:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYDNEY!!! How old is she? 8?
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 4:31:58 pm)

Heruka:
You see, I have money. Mainly cause I'm not a spender. Apart from monthly bills, my biggest regular weekly expense is cigars. If I want something, I'll buy it. But I don't spend money just for the sake of spending. I'm not cheap. Sometimes though I ike to haggle for something if I feel the price it's being sold for is too high. This generally doesn't work in departmen stores, but I keep trying there. Besides, you can pick up wood boats for very cheap, and sometimes free. If you don't mind doing a little work on them. Some people are just happy that they go to a good home.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 4:39:26 pm)

Heruka:
Happy b-day Sidney.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 4:39:44 pm)

Decoy:
Happy Birthday, Sidney!
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 4:55:31 pm)

Party up.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 5:57:36 pm)

Myk Murphy:
a very happy birthday to our dear Sidney!! 3 cheers!
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 7:22:08 pm)

Queenie:
You guys pulled through like champs. Good form. Sidney is six.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 8:45:25 pm)

Heruka:
The high winds(gusts to 55 mph) keep knocking the cable out. Time to go with a dish. I can get over a hundred channels for the same price from DirectTV.

(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 10:49:15 pm)

Queenie:
Can't sleep, clown'll eat me. Can't sleep, clown'll eat me.
(Thu Oct 25, 2001 - 11:36:17 pm)