Chinese parasailor hung out to dry by negligent boat driver

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.

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