Zhongping Bai’s
parasailing ropes became tangled in a utility pole.
Boonlua Chatree
A Chinese tourist parasailing too close to shore stayed aloft
much longer than planned when his line became tangled in a Jomtien Beach
power cable.
A panicked Zhongping Bai, 43, shouted for help Feb. 14 when his
5-meter-wide parachute came down atop a 15-meter-tall utility pole near
Jomtien Soi 4. He fell into a tree, where he hung until Pattaya city
rescuers could bring a basket truck to pull him out.
Zhongping sustained minor injuries, but a larger bruise to his ego. The
driver of the boat hired to tow the tourist through the sky fled the
scene to avoid arrest for endangering his customer’s life.
A rescue worker tries to
free Zhongping from his entanglement in a tree.
A large crowd gathers to
watch the ordeal unfold.
The driver of the boat
fled the scene before police and rescuers arrived.
