Grandma Peacefully Drifts Off Out To Sea On An Iceberg After Deciding To Take Pics On It
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We have all gone to great lengths to get that perfect travel photo, but one grandma may have taken it too far. Twenty-four-year-old English teacher, Catherine Streng recently shared with Twitter that her sweet grandmother had almost got washed out to sea in the unforgiving Icelandic waters, after the iceberg she was posed on got pulled away by a large wave. To the delight of the internet, Streng the entire dramatic tale in a thread, complete with pictures, making us all realize that maybe you don’t always need to flex so hard for the gram – you might just drown.
Steng works in South Korea, but has her family based in Texas. She was alerted of her grandma’s daring ice-capades by her dad, who sent a series of texts and photos from the trip. Frequent travelers, Streng told Buzzfeed the reason they were in Iceland was because her dad’s mother wanted to experience “the nature and beautiful scenery” of the Nordic area – and experience it she did.
The titanic event all went down at the Jökulsárlón Lagoon, located in the southeastern part of Iceland. Streng’s grandmother spotted a large iceberg shaped like a throne and decided this was the perfect photo opportunity. She sat on the ice and had her son take a photo, but things didn’t go according to plan.
In one icy swoop, grandma was off to sea, managing to stay atop the icy chair without falling into the cold Icelandic depths off the sea. “My father described [what happened] in the following way,” Streng told the outlet, and read one of the descriptive texts he had sent her:
“She ascended the throne after a wave had pulled back and left it briefly exposed on the beach. Then a wave washed in and dislodged the ice throne, rocking it from side to side. When the wave retreated, it lifted the dislodged throne throne and carried her out with the tide.”
Streng said her grandmother floated so far out to see that she required a formal rescue, and fortunately, there was someone around who could assist. Licensed boat captain and water rescuer Randy Lacount, from Florida, had witnessed the entire thing and jumped to her rescue. “He just happened to be onshore when the whole thing occurred, so he waded out into the roiling water and pulled her off the iceberg as it drifted out to sea, supporting her until they reached the shore,” said Streng’s dad.
Not to be deterred by a little ice mishap, Streng’s father and grandmother are still on vacation in Iceland. The teacher noted that several other people had successfully posed for iceberg photos without incident, but that grandma was just the “lucky one,” adding, “That’s just so something that would happen to my family.”
Since the story had a happy ending people in the comments found the whole ordeal hilarious
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Anyone else finds it rather strange to read "lmaoo" all over when in fact this was totally irresponsible, might have killed the grandma, and put the rescuer at risk?
Yep. That's social media for you.
People usually behave that way when it turns out all right in the end, else they will be spamming RIP.
YES!! My heart skipped a beat seeing that lil granny so far from the shoreline!!
There was a warning sign. So to me that story is not funny. Imagine a kid seeing all grown-ups doing that, so the kid does it, too, and it doesn't go well and the kid drowns. Still funny? I don't think so. There is a reason for warning signs.
This was definitely irresponsible, but it's not their job to parent someone else's kid. People need to stop expecting the world censor itself so they don't have to supervise or teach their children to act right. Sit their little butts down and explain what could have happened to the this woman and her rescuer if things had gone really wrong.
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To be fair, the warninn sign ist just about not walking on swimming ice. I see nothing wrong with sitting on a block of ice that sits ashore. This is just a bit of bad luck where everybody kept a cool head.
It's written, don't step on the iceberg. So it is pretty obvious she shouldn't do that.
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Those adults don’t have to live their life for some rando kids. Their parents can teach them. Not my circus, not my clowns.
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So what? Then the kids see it and responsible grown ups can explain them why not to do it, even use this as an perfect example for what could have gone wrong. When I was a kid I knew of a lot of stupid things that grown ups do and I'd never do because my parents not only told me not to, but actually explained me so as a kind I knew the possible consequences and decided wether I want or don't want to risk something. That is how parenting works. You don't hide the world from kids, you explain it to them, because they do not need to see a grown up doing this, they will do this at one point anyway - unless explained why it's a bad idea. And some might still do it after that, that's just how humans works. In the end: it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye. And nobody lost an eye here :)
Something tells me you're not far from still being "a kid" lol.
Poor rescuer, having to risk his life and health in the ice-cold water for these irresponsible morons who blatantly ignored the warning signs and who still seem to think it’s hilarious. 😡
Anyone else finds it rather strange to read "lmaoo" all over when in fact this was totally irresponsible, might have killed the grandma, and put the rescuer at risk?
Yep. That's social media for you.
People usually behave that way when it turns out all right in the end, else they will be spamming RIP.
YES!! My heart skipped a beat seeing that lil granny so far from the shoreline!!
There was a warning sign. So to me that story is not funny. Imagine a kid seeing all grown-ups doing that, so the kid does it, too, and it doesn't go well and the kid drowns. Still funny? I don't think so. There is a reason for warning signs.
This was definitely irresponsible, but it's not their job to parent someone else's kid. People need to stop expecting the world censor itself so they don't have to supervise or teach their children to act right. Sit their little butts down and explain what could have happened to the this woman and her rescuer if things had gone really wrong.
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To be fair, the warninn sign ist just about not walking on swimming ice. I see nothing wrong with sitting on a block of ice that sits ashore. This is just a bit of bad luck where everybody kept a cool head.
It's written, don't step on the iceberg. So it is pretty obvious she shouldn't do that.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Those adults don’t have to live their life for some rando kids. Their parents can teach them. Not my circus, not my clowns.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
So what? Then the kids see it and responsible grown ups can explain them why not to do it, even use this as an perfect example for what could have gone wrong. When I was a kid I knew of a lot of stupid things that grown ups do and I'd never do because my parents not only told me not to, but actually explained me so as a kind I knew the possible consequences and decided wether I want or don't want to risk something. That is how parenting works. You don't hide the world from kids, you explain it to them, because they do not need to see a grown up doing this, they will do this at one point anyway - unless explained why it's a bad idea. And some might still do it after that, that's just how humans works. In the end: it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye. And nobody lost an eye here :)
Something tells me you're not far from still being "a kid" lol.
Poor rescuer, having to risk his life and health in the ice-cold water for these irresponsible morons who blatantly ignored the warning signs and who still seem to think it’s hilarious. 😡