Children rescued after idiotic alcohol prank in dock waters goes wrong
One of the children couldn t swim yet still went into the waters for the prank which was being filmed
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Birkenhead Docks (Image: Flickr group)
A girl who couldn t swim went into the dock waters with a bottle of alcohol as part of a highly irresponsible prank during which a boy would save her and drink the booze in the water. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has slammed the prank and said it nearly went tragically wrong.
A spokesman said: Please don t get involved in pranks for social media involving swimming and alcohol.
A girl who can t swim but immersed herself in water for a social media prank had to be rescued by emergency services.
The teenager went into the water at the Alfred Dock in Liverpool yesterday evening, holding a bottle of alcohol.
She and a male friend had planned for the boy to swim out to her, drink the contents of the bottle and then rescue her in a bid to gain likes for social media.
But the prank failed and a rescue team had to pull the girl out of the water after the boy swam to safety, with police, paramedics and fire crew all attending the scene.
A 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were recovered from the water at Alfred Dock, Seacombe yesterday evening after their decision to film a prank video for social media went horribly wrong. Emergency services attended the incident at 8:30pm after the girl, who could not swim, had gone out into the water with a bottle of alcohol. As part of the prank the boy intended to swim out to her, drink the bottle and then attempt to rescue her all while being filmed by another friend to upload to social media. As the prank started to go wrong, the police received a call.