http://WaterRescueAuthority.com - Dr. Thomas Sytko , upon the death of his son , set out on a quest to develop a life saving device for drowning victims. After several failed attempts, the resQDisc was born. Despite the fact that a hired employee copied his design and several copy cats ensued, Dr. Sytko prevailed in manufacturing the most effective, well constructed, most loved and desired Rescue device. By holding to strict standards, such as using 500lb test rope rather that the cheaper twine used by copy cats, Tom's ResQDisc as become the "Official Water & Ice Rescue Flotation Device". It is used by thousands of rescuers worldwide- U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. CoastGuard, State Police Nationwide, Fire and Rescue Teams in most every major city, Homeland Security, FBI, and other government agencies, life guard organizations worldwide and boat and yacht owners. Consider investing in a resQdisc and become a hero- the next life saved could be your own! http://WaterRescueAuthority.com It was hard to believe that one man armed with nothing more than a thin rope attached to a Frisbee could save the lives of 6 people at one time, yet the story is true. Many people enjoy the little river in Blount county, Tennessee for canoeing, boating, rafting, fishing and of course swimming. The Little river is generally very calm with the exception of springtime when reaches higher than normal levels from runoff after rainstorms. Boating and swimming mishaps are a regular concern throughout the year, however It is during this time of the year local rescue teams are on high alert. This Tuesday morning started out to be a typical day in the life of Brian Willis, rescue volunteer for the Blount County Rescue team. Other than the severe tornado that ripped through Altoona three years ago killing 3 people and injuring 32, Brian had not yet experienced anything close to what he was about to on this warm spring day. After dropping his daughter off at the Vonore Grade School he was headed down 129 towards Tapoco to help out with supervising a Boy Scout canoe race involving merit badge qualifications for several local troops. A day does not go by that Brian doesn't wonder if this will be the day he will be called to save a life. The extent of action he had experienced over two years was a hiker with broken leg, a rock climber with a broken arm and concussion from a fall, rattlesnake bite and burned feet from recklessly discarded coals. The prior week Brian, along with two team members spent two hours on the shore of Lake Topoco practicing throwing a rescue disc, a Frisbee-type disc with 110 feet of 500 pound test rope wound around it like the sting on a yo yo. The Rescue Service had only just received 12 of these disks as a water rescue tool that is stored in a trunk or rescue bag. Brian quickly became proficient at tossing the rescue disc since he was already an expert with its smaller related cousin the Frisbee. What amazed Brian was the fact that it can be retrieved from the trunk, deployed and tossed to a drowning victim in less than 60 seconds. As Brian passed the turnoff for I-72 and was unwrapping the second half of his snicker bar, a voice came blasting over the radio, "Brian, what's you 20?" He responded 129 and 72. Dispatch replied, "Three victims thrown from raft quarter mile south of dam, first bend." Fortunately Brian knew exactly where that was and of a service road downstream from the rafters. He was only 5 minutes away! Sure enough, he reached the river just as the three heads came bobbing around the bend. He thought, how is this possible? There were three more right behind these three. No time to question what to do. With this rapid current, they would be passing by in seconds. Brian grabbed the rescue disc from the back seat of the Jeep and in seconds unlatched the Velcro retainer strap while sprinting to the river's edge then unraveled several feet of line as he went and in one continuous motion slung the Frisbee shaped disc 80 feet out into the river, well passed the approaching people moments before they came rapidly floating by. Responding to Brian's directions to grab the rope, all six grabbed the line simultaneously as he quickly wrapped the line around his wrist, leaned back and dug in his heals. The current swung all six victims into shore where they all crawled to safety. Brian clearly stated in his report that he not have been able to save one of those people without a rescue disc. He later discovered that the other three drowning victims had entered the water to attempt the rescue of the rafters and got swept away with them. If you live on a lake , river, pond, ocean or own a boat or spend time on a beach consider investing in the number one water rescue device available, a "Frisbee"-type rescue disc. The life it saves could be your own.. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Douglas_Hoover Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7056600

• published: 02 Aug 2012
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