A bit of guilty schadenfreude on my part, I fear:<\/p>\n
When another boat began circling their vessel in a lake on Memorial Day weekend, a group from Washington assumed they were trying to signal support for their gay pride flags.<\/p>\n
But then someone on the other boat flipped a middle finger and yelled something about \u201cgays\u201d and \u201cflags,\u201d a passenger on the boat said. So the group started\u00a0recording\u00a0<\/a>in case the situation escalated.<\/p>\n
It did \u2014 but not how they might have expected.<\/p>\n
Moments later, the other boat burst into flames, forcing its passengers to jump into the lake \u2014 and leaving the victims to become rescuers as they filmed a moment that turned into\u00a0a viral video<\/a>\u00a0this week. [WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sadly, I fear the Divine’s attempt at a teachable moment was a flop:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe passengers were quite rude, shouting over us, ignoring my [inquiries] about their well being when on the 911 call and smoking a Vape pen on our boat without even so much as asking if they could; several passengers of our boat have asthma,\u201d Robbie told The Post.<\/p>\n
Eventually, police arrived to extinguish the flames. The rescued boaters left to jump on a friend\u2019s vessel without saying thank you, Robbie said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Haters with no class, I fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A bit of guilty schadenfreude on my part, I fear: When another boat began circling their vessel in a lake on Memorial Day weekend, a group from Washington assumed they were trying to signal support for their gay pride flags. But then someone on the other boat flipped a middle \u2026 Continue reading