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College Students Rescued From Boat Made of Buckets and Kiddie Pools
On 5/11/21 at 2:12 PM EDT
These boys bizarre boat invention landed them in some rather chilly water this past weekend when their local fire department and emergency rescue services were called to bring them to shore.
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department was summoned to rescue two local college students from the freezing ocean waters near Isla Vista in the early morning hours on Saturday after they tried to sail on a boat of their own creation.
According to a report from The San Luis Obispo Tribune, the two students attempted to build their own boat with a host of unconventional materials, including 20 Home Depot orange buckets, two plastic kiddie pools, a large piece of plywood and plenty of duct tape.
By STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Two California police officers were shot and killed and a third was wounded within 24 hours this week in two separate incidents, authorities said Tuesday.
The deaths occurred during National Police Week, an annual event that honors law enforcement officers who were killed or disabled in the line of duty.
Jimmy Inn, an officer in the Northern California city of Stockton, was fatally shot Tuesday morning while responding to a domestic violence incident, Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones said in a news conference.
In San Luis Obispo, a central California city about 250 miles (402.34 kilometers) south of Stockton, Detective Lucas âLucaâ Benedetti was shot and killed while serving a search warrant Monday evening.
The wounded officer was hospitalized in stable condition, the city reported.
Other details, including the names of the San Luis Obispo officers and the gunman, weren t immediately released.
Victoria Torres, 21, told the San Luis Obispo Tribune that she was upstairs in her bedroom when she heard “a very loud knocking at an apartment across from her.
“I don’t know if it was the police or what,” she said. “I always hear noises here so I didn’t think anything of it until I heard the gunshots.“
She looked out her window and saw a police car, then walked downstairs and looked out another window.
2 California police officers fatally shot within 24 hours
By STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAKMay 12, 2021 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) Two California police officers were shot and killed and a third was wounded within 24 hours this week in two separate incidents, authorities said Tuesday.
The deaths occurred during National Police Week, an annual event that honors law enforcement officers who were killed or disabled in the line of duty.
Jimmy Inn, an officer in the Northern California city of Stockton, was fatally shot Tuesday morning while responding to a domestic violence incident, Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones said in a news conference.
In San Luis Obispo, a central California city about 250 miles (402.34 kilometers) south of Stockton, Detective Lucas “Luca” Benedetti was shot and killed while serving a search warrant Monday evening.