Drone Disturbs Lake CdA Rescue

Police were trying to persuade a suicidal man to come out of the frigid lake near the Coeur d’Alene Resort earlier this month when overhead a small drone darted about, distracting them. The unmanned aerial vehicle was about 75 feet in the air – “close enough that the noise from it was a problem while they were trying to talk to the victim,” Coeur d’Alene police Sgt. Christie Wood said. Units from the Coeur d’Alene police and fire departments and the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office participated in the Feb. 12 rescue in Lake Coeur d’Alene next to Tubbs Hill. The shirtless man spent nearly two hours in the cold water and emerged with hypothermia. The constant movement of the drone was visually distracting to the responders, Wood said Wednesday/ Scott Maben , SR. More here .

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