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Webcam Watcher Saves German Stranded on Ice

Floundering tourist was lost on frozen coast, but not to camera

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 3, 2010 2:04 PM CST

(Newser) – A vigilant Webcam watcher came to the rescue of a feckless German tourist who wandered too far out on the frozen ocean of the country’s northern coast and became disoriented. “He didn't know where to go,” police tell Der Spiegel. “With the unbroken snow and ice, you can't tell where the shore ends and the sea begins.” Luckily, a woman hundreds of miles away was monitoring a Webcam pointed at the beach, saw the man’s flashlight signal, and alerted cops.

Photo taken from webcam of www.st.peter-ording-nordsee.de shows the beach of  St. Peter-Ording. A woman watching the sunset on a webcam spotted a German man lost on the frozen North Sea.
Photo taken from webcam of www.st.peter-ording-nordsee.de shows the beach of St. Peter-Ording. A woman watching the sunset on a webcam spotted a German man lost on the frozen North Sea.   (AP Photo)
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inky
Feb 4, 2010 12:45 PM CST
Although German tourists do seem to get in more trouble than their European peers. They're forever getting lost in my local wilderness and having to be hauled out of the Pacific by lifeguards because they think they're born with a surfing gene. Trust me, they're not.
finkster
Feb 3, 2010 10:07 AM CST
What what a great headline for this story German stranded on Ice...kind of reminds me of the skit by Mel Brooks Hitler on Ice!!!
hubydane
Feb 3, 2010 9:41 AM CST
Sometimes it's just not your time...

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