A seaplane was forced to abort takeoff in order to avoid colliding with a boat after many people gathered on Lake Union to beat the heat.
No one was hurt, and the seaplane did manage to take off after a Seattle Police Harbor patrol boat helped clear a path.The Seattle Police Foundation came to its rescue, raising more than the $25,000 needed to repair this vessel and get it back on Lake Union.It is easy to see how it could happen. So many people escaping the heat, all of them seeming to crowd onto Lake Union.
Vessel 4 operates as both a patrol boat and a fire boat, yet it sat in dry dock for eight long months with no money in the current SPD budget to repair it. “They’re always there,” said Galbraith. “They always want to spend money to help the police department.”“Hey, folks. You need to make a path for the seaplane,” Galbraith said to boaters using Vessel 4′s sound system.“You guys need to move out of the way,” Galbraith told boaters again.
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