Girls on ice

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Shortly after noon today, emergency personnel responded to a call involving two girls walking on the ice on the Susquehanna River, just north of the Veterans Memorial Bridge. The girls began walking back to shore after Columbia Borough Police sounded a siren and motioned for them to return. Neither was injured, and no charges appear to have been filed.







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Anonymous said…
It's above freezing and the sun is shining. I'm certain there are weak spots in between the chunks of ice, one wrong step is all it would take. No life jackets and the one girl is wearing pajamas.
January 11, 2015 at 2:48 PM
Anonymous said…
There is no solid safe ice on the river. When it is chunk or pieces they can shit or move at any time with no warning. Fall through into the water and you are gone. Hypothermia sets in rapidly with current water temperature

January 11, 2015 at 4:42 PM
Joe Lintner said…
I'm sure you meant "shift," but your point is well taken. No one should be out on the ice. You are right. It's too easy to get swept under. Break through the ice and you're probably history.
January 11, 2015 at 4:48 PM
Anonymous said…
Simply shocking! I sure hope no one else attempts this. Even falling on that sharp ice could cause significant injury.
January 11, 2015 at 6:16 PM
Anonymous said…
Their parents should be fined!
January 11, 2015 at 7:44 PM
Anonymous said…
What charge?

Walking?

--FMB
January 11, 2015 at 8:14 PM
Anonymous said…
They were not walking, they were climbing. How many others would be placed in jeopardy trying to rescue them. Maybe they will continue making poor choices, hopefully only placing themselves at risk. Too bad there isn't a charge for stupidity.
January 12, 2015 at 6:00 AM
Anonymous said…
I would absolutely expect a charge of reckless endangerment if the emergency responders had to rescue them off of the ice. That places others at risk for injury or death.
January 12, 2015 at 6:11 AM
Anonymous said…
I agree. They should be fined for stupidity! The mighty Susquehanna is NO joke! It commands RESPECT from all 24/7/365. These 2 girls are very fortunate but probably too ignorant to realize it.
January 12, 2015 at 6:43 AM
Anonymous said…
Signs are posted no swimming and another about wearing life vests during cold weather months, yet this is ok? It certainly poses a greater risk than swimming does.
January 12, 2015 at 7:06 AM
Anonymous said…
Hypothermia, it only takes the body seconds once dunked into the cold waters and then they would have no help to save them!
January 12, 2015 at 2:15 PM
Anonymous said…
Freedom of Speech, yet this website limits and has to review your comments before they are posted. It would seem they should post and delete if words are not decent for posting. Where truly is our Freedom of Speech in this 21st Century?
January 12, 2015 at 2:33 PM
Anonymous said…
How did your comment get approved with your wording of 'pieces they can s*it or move'? Seems this blog doesn't have a great reviewer who knows what they are doing? LOL!
January 12, 2015 at 2:37 PM
Anonymous said…
If they were minors, they should have been in school. If they are "adults", they should be fined
January 12, 2015 at 3:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Those girls were lucky they did not fall through the ice it was not a smart thing to do.
January 12, 2015 at 4:42 PM
Joe Lintner said…
>Yawn< Everyone's a critic.
January 12, 2015 at 5:05 PM
Joe Lintner said…
I wasn't aware that you set policy for this site.
January 12, 2015 at 5:07 PM
Anonymous said…
Were they supposed to be at Sunday school??
January 12, 2015 at 7:01 PM
Anonymous said…
Maybe they were practicing "walking on water" ... they certainly were lucky, not dressed for the weather, but clearly a Higher Power was watching over them.

They should be charged, is stupidity in the PA Crimes Code?
January 12, 2015 at 10:52 PM
Anonymous said…
If stupidity were a crime, we would all be in jail at some time or another.
January 13, 2015 at 5:57 AM
Anonymous said…
Agreed, but this is over the top crazy. I can honestly say that never would I have even considered doing this and if I had and was caught, my parents would have made darn sure I never did it again.
January 13, 2015 at 6:51 AM
Anonymous said…
How about an organized ice walk? Maybe a river expert can layout a path thats safe, I would love to have the opportunity to walk across the susquehanna and would be willing to pay to do it.

Side note: Rarely do I see people in pajamas during the day outside of columbia.....
January 21, 2016 at 11:07 AM
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