Pair arrested for rafting down Main Street!
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - August 28, 2011 - Row, row, row your boat, just not down Main Street in Manayunk. That’s the message police are sending after arresting two men who used a raft as an alternate means of transportation down a flooded street Sunday morning.
CBS 3 reporter Dray Clark caught up with Pete and Pat, best friends and roommates from Manayunk, who paddled their way down the water-covered street.
“I thought, Main Street floods a lot, go get a raft and float down,” said Pat, who admitted the idea was his.
“We thought it would be a good time and it turns out it was,” said Pete.
Minutes later, Philadelphia police stopped the men and hauled them away in handcuffs.
When Dray asked why the men were being arrested, he said the officers replied, “For lack of common sense.”
The arrest serves as a message to residents in flood affected areas - this is serious situation and safety should be top of everyone’s mind.
No charges were filed against the boaters.
