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Duty to watch: A man dressed only in a bathing suit slipped on a frozen canal in Amsterdam - and fell painfully into the icy water
A half-naked man was documented slipping for pleasure in a frozen canal in Amsterdam when suddenly the ice beneath him cracked and he flew face down into the icy water.
Many places in Europe have been instructed not to skate on frozen lakes in light of the number of accidents
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Thursday, 18 February 2021, 23:51
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What happened to the half-naked man who slipped on a frozen ditch in Amsterdam?
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Not only is it cold here.
The low temperatures that prevailed this week in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, drew many to the canal district in the city to take advantage of the icy water for ice skating for free.
One particularly brave (or perhaps particularly stupid) man got into a bathing suit, i.e. took off clothes and stayed in shorts, and went down to the canal in skates to surf in it for his own enjoyment and amuse passers-by.
While these document him slipping on the ice and cheering him on, the guy got on a particularly thin cold that broke - and he fell face down into the icy water.
In a video posted on Twitter on Monday that garnered nearly 7 million views, the guy is seen sliding for his enjoyment on the ice and suddenly falls painfully into the water as the ice beneath it cracks.
The audience watching him responds with panic.
A few seconds later the guy is seen emerging back from the water and signaling to the audience that he is fine.
He tried to get on the ice but found it difficult to do so.
Finally another skater approached him who risked a similar fate, threw a rope at him and managed to pull him out of the water unscathed.
Out of embarrassment, the skater tried to make the crowd laugh and raised his legs in the air and finally stood up and thanked them for the encouragement and applause.
The fact that the lunatic wore only a swimsuit eventually helped him get back on the ice, as other skaters who had found themselves in a similar situation in the past found it difficult to climb back onto the ice as they wore thick coats and other winter gear.
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Last weekend the Dutch had a rare opportunity to slide in their canals after freezing for the first time in almost three years.
In the Netherlands, as in many places in Europe, public officials have asked the public to stop skating on frozen lakes for fear of accidents.
The BBC reports that over the weekend the police in Berlin, Germany, reached the surfers by helicopter and forced them to get off the ice.
In the north of England, skaters tried to recreate moves watched on the reality show "Dancing on Ice" on frozen lakes in nature reserves.
They were warned that in addition to the risks of slipping on thin ice, the distance of the lakes from populated areas would make it difficult to provide assistance when needed.
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has warned against mass skating to avoid the risk of spreading the Corona virus, as well as to prevent injuries that could cause additional congestion in emergency rooms in hospitals currently focusing on treating Corona patients.
Despite the warnings, emergency rooms in the Netherlands were twice as busy as usual on Saturday, after many people arrived with fractures and injuries caused by ice skating, various medical teams noted on Twitter.
However, the authorities have no more reason to worry as the expected rise in temperatures in the coming days in the Netherlands will return the canals to their original state of accumulation soon.
This is how the Europeans took advantage of the winter weather to skate on ice in frozen lakes:
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