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Miraculous Rescue: Man Saved After Falling Through Ice on Lake Saint Clair in Virginia
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-19 04:17:48
A man who fell through the ice while walking on a partly frozen lake near his Virginia home Wednesday is grateful for two things: an alert neighbor and first responders.
Almost every year since he was a boy, Howard Cahill has picked a time during winter to walk across Lake Saint Clair in the Winchester area. With the recent cold, he set out Wednesday. He said partway across, he saw a watery airhole and turned around.
“I hear it cracking, and then I just go down like in an elevator, real slow, he said.
He sunk to his chest but kept his head above the ice. He tried to use his walking stick to climb out, but the ice kept breaking.
“I just started yelling, ‘Help! Help!’” he said.
Lake Saint Clair is in a remote area where many homes are unoccupied during winter, but somehow at that very moment, neighbor and lifelong friend Kathi Daylor was seated at her laptop looking out the window.
“I see the darn fool walking on the ice,” she said. “I did. And I said, ‘Oh my God,’ and I turned away, and just out of the corner of my eye, I saw him go kerplunk and a splash.”
After calling 911, she ran outside still in pajamas and slippers, grabbed a kayak and took it down to the water. At the edge of the lake, she focused on keeping Cahill conscious.
“Just as I thought he was going to hypothermia, I saw up on top of the hill, I saw the red lights,” Daylor said. “I kept screaming, ‘They’re here, Howard! They’re hear. They are going to save you.’ Because I wasn’t going in.”
Frederick County (VA) Deputy Brian Thomas arrived first, followed by Frederick County and Gainesboro fire and rescue crews. They decided the kayak was their best bet.
They tied a rope to it, and Thomas headed out on the ice, using his arms as oars.
“I just knew that he needed to get out of there as soon as possible,” Thomas said.
Once he reached Cahill, fire crews pulled on the rope to get the men to shore.
Inside the ambulance, medics gave Cahill an IV of warm saline. At the hospital, his body temperature had dropped to 92 degrees. He was released following warming up for regarding two hours.
“I’m particularly grateful to that sheriff’s deputy, Deputy Thomas, just because he got here so quickly,” Cahill said.
Cahill said he never really felt cold until he got in the ambulance.
“What we’re really happy regarding is that we might get there that fast and that the neighbor was able to see him and call and that he’s doing good,” Gainesboro Volunteer Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Don Jackson said.
Cahill hasn’t ruled out another attempt to cross the lake to keep his tradition alive.
“If I cross, it will be down at the other end where I can stand up,” he said.
His neighbors warn him not to do it.
“When the sun came up this morning, I thought, ‘Thank God he on this side of the ice,” Daylor said.
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UAE Weather Forecast: Possibility of Light Rain and Free Passes for Air Ticket Holders
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-19 03:41:14
ABU DHABI: The National Meteorological Center has announced that there is a possibility of light rain in various areas of the UAE on Friday. Wet weather will prevail over many parts from Friday morning. Similar weather conditions are expected to continue for the next few days.
Light rain is forecast for Thursday through the end of the weekend. Morning fog is also likely. Drivers are advised to be cautious. The maximum temperature in Dubai will be 26 degrees till Tuesday. The minimum temperature is 18 degrees. But in Abu Dhabi, the maximum temperature is 25 degrees and the minimum is 18 degrees till Tuesday.
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Free pass to entertainment centers for air ticket holders; Major airline announced the offer
Dubai: Getting a flight ticket does two things, you can travel and get a free pass to major entertainment venues. This offer was announced by Dubai’s Emirates Airlines. Passengers get free passes to major tourist attractions in the emirate.
Free passes to Museum of the Future and Atlantis Aquaventure will be given to those who book tickets to travel on Emirates Airlines before March 31. Passengers with a stopover in Dubai for more than eight hours can also avail this freebie. This offer is valid for those who buy tickets till February 1. You can travel with this ticket till March 31.
But the offer is not available for one-way flight tickets. Those booking on Emirates’ website emirates.com should use the code EKDXB24. The company provides one code for Museum of the Future and another for Atlantis Aquaventure.
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Last Updated Jan 19, 2024, 9:11 AM IST
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India’s Dramatic Win Against Afghanistan in the Third T20 Series: Two Super Overs Required
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-19 02:06:18
19 January 2024, 07:36 AM IST Photo: AFP
Bengaluru: India’s win once morest Afghanistan in the third Twenty20 was dramatic. In the match where both the teams were level in the allotted overs, a second super over was required as the super over was tied to decide the winners. India won it. This is the first time that two super overs are required in an international T20 match. Two super overs were bowled like this in the match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings in IPL 2020.
With this, India swept the T20 series once morest Afghanistan (3-0).
Rohit Sharma, who retired following the fifth ball of the first super over, continues to debate in the cricket world regarding his return to bat in the second super over. This is still not clear.
The event is as follows:
Afghanistan batted first in the Super Over. Mukesh Kumar bowls for India. Afghanistan scored 16 runs in six balls. In reply, Rohit Sharma and Yashaswi Jaiswal opened the batting for India. Rohit was the striker. A run by the leg in the first ball. Single off the second ball. And when India needed 15 runs in four balls to win, Rohit hit sixes in three and four balls. Rohit Sharma, who reached the non-striker’s end following taking a single on the fifth ball, surprised many when he suddenly left the ground. Instead, Rinku Singh came to the crease. Rohit was ‘retiring’ to drop someone who might run faster.
However, he might only get a single in the last ball. With this, even in the super over.
Rohit’s retirement became a problem when India had to bat once more. International cricket rules state that if you return out, you cannot bat once more in that match. Rohit did not return as an out. Therefore, there was no technical error in batting once more. However, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott said he was not aware of the rule.
Anyway, Rohit hit a six in the first ball of the over bowled by Farid Ahmed and a four in the second ball. Single off the third ball. Sanju Samson came to the crease following Rinku Singh got out in the fourth ball. On the fifth ball, Rohit ran for a run on Sanju’s shot. This ended the Indian innings. Spinner Ravi Bishnoi bowled once morest Afghanistan with a target of 12 runs. Muhammad Nabi is out in the first ball. With Rahmatullah Gurbaz also dismissed in the third ball, India won the series.
There were twists right from the start of the game. At 22 for 4 in the fifth over, Rohit Sharma (121* off 69 balls) and Rinku Singh (69* off 39 balls) put India on 190 runs for the fifth wicket to reach 212 runs. Rohit scored his 5th century in T20 and set a record in this regard.
In the reply batting, Afghanistan also reached 212 runs with the excellence of openers Rahmatullah Gurbaz (50), captain Ibrahim Sadran (50) and Gulbadin Naib (55*) to the super over.
Not legally wrong
The law of cricket states that once a batter returns out, he cannot come out to bat once more in the same game. However, Rohit did not return as an out. Therefore, the umpire cannot stop batting once more. However, there is a moral problem in this. The International Cricket Council is expected to discuss the issue and clarify the law – M.S. Viswanathan (BCCI Umpire)
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