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lifejackets
In to-days daily Telegraph it is reported that after the sinking of the SS
Lakonia in 1963 many of the passengers rescued from the sea were wearing lifejackets but had suffered from broken necks. We were on a cruise ship in 2011 and the crew showed us how to wear the jacket. I pointed out to the officer that with the neck support untied as they instructed my neck would break if I had to jump from the ship into the sea. I was told you will never need to jump nevertheless my wife and I both tied the back collar of the jacked firmly down our backs with the strap attached; this would stop the collar jumping up and hitting the back of my neck - like whiplash in a car accident. I think that many of the ships crews are not aware of this risk and of course passengers do not understand what can happen when you jump into the water wearing a lifejacket. |
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