Rafting guide charged with obstruction for saving 13-year-old, and more
Ryan Snodgrass, 28, disobeyed a direct order from police officers when he swam through rushing rapids to rescue a 13-year-old girl who’d fallen out of a raft.
Rafting guide charged with obstruction for saving 13-year-old
A Colorado rafting guide was charged with “obstructing government operations” after he dove into a river to rescue a 13-year-old girl. Police say Ryan Snodgrass, 28, disobeyed a direct order from officers when he swam through rushing rapids to help the girl, who’d fallen out of a raft. “It’s not about who’s in charge,” said rafting company owner Duke Bradford. “It’s about the safety of a 13-year-old girl.”
School officials object to toy soldiers
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A Rhode Island second-grader violated his school’s no-weapons policy by gluing toy soldiers to his hat. David Morales, 8, chose the patriotic theme for a class project, but school officials objected to the tiny guns carried by the soldiers. “The issue for us,’’ said a school official, “was the zero-tolerance for weapons.”
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