Local Priests On Floating Tiki Bar Rescue Capsized Kayaker In New York

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SEP 8, 8:55 AM

Morning Roundup: Local Priests On Floating Tiki Bar Rescue Capsized Kayaker In New York

Colleen Grablick

• A group of D.C. priests and seminarians on a floating tiki bar saved a man from drowning in New York. [NBC 4]

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RESCUE

DC Priests, Seminarians on Floating Tiki Bar Save Man From Drowning

"It was a movement from the Holy Spirit"

By Derrick Ward and NBC Washington Staff • Published September 6, 2020 • Updated on September 7, 2020 at 10:05 am

Jimmy McDonald was out on a rented kayak on Lake George in upstate New York when he took a spill. ... "My pride and my ego told me, 'I'll figure this out,'" he said. ... But the fall loosened McDonald's life jacket up to his ears and his thoughts quickly turned dark. ... "I think I might die today. I think this might be it," he said to himself.

Then, the salvation McDonald prayed for came in the form of a floating tiki bar carrying seminarians and priests from St. Joseph's Seminary in Northeast D.C. They were on a break from a religious retreat. ... Noah Ismael, a second-year seminarian, said, "His kayak was overturned and we said, 'Hey, do you need help?'"

The seminarians had been in the area because a coronavirus outbreak had hit their seminary. Ismael said a man had drowned in those same waters a week before and that was weighing on their minds when they came across McDonald, who was begging for help.

"It was a movement of the Holy Spirit, that’s what I’ll say," Ismael said.

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[CrispyQ]

1. What a great story.

I wish there were pictures.

[CaptYossarian]

2. After watching Fletch so many times, I won't click on it until

I know that Grablick is a real name.

[SoCalNative]

3. Didn't have that one

on my 2020 Bingo card....