The head of an Alabama rescue squad said he doesn’t know that anyone in the state has died from a boat jumping TikTok challenge, despite numerous published reports quoting him as saying otherwise.
statements attributed to him citing four deaths in the past six months“We’ve had four drownings in the last six to eight months and some of those were just drownings,’’ Dennis said.“On Monday, July 3, a news story was shared regarding “first responders warning against a deadly boating TikTok trend after recent drownings” in Alabama. However, please be advised the information released to the news outlet was incorrect.
In one of the deaths his squad worked, he said, one of the victims did jump from a moving boat. Dennis said he has no idea if it was linked to any TikTok challenge. “If we have a drowning, we may know unofficially what it is but to make an official statement, that would have to come from ALEA. Sometimes it’s a year or two before they get the final coroner’s report.”“Just from growing up around water, when you’re jumping off boats that are moving at a high rate of speed, things can happen,’’ he said.
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