By adamg on Wed, 04/06/2016 - 7:45am Firefighters, police and EMTs rushed to bridge. Photo by Rodney French. Alive, around 7 a.m., according to Northeast Fire Alert. Neighborhoods: AllstonCambridgeFree tagging: Charles RiverBU Bridge Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks! Ad: Comments A minor quibble By chaosjake Wed, 04/06/2016 - 11:55am We usually speak of bodies being recovered, but living people being rescued. I'm glad the story has a happy ending, but the headline doesn't sound like it fits. up1 user has voted. An even more minor quibble By Mjolnir Wed, 04/06/2016 - 12:30pm Technically, a body was recovered. up0 users have voted. Not if the person lived By lbb Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:08pm "rescue" - living person "recovery" - dead person's remains Those are the terms used in search and rescue. up0 users have voted. Semantic By Mjolnir Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:15pm I didn't say it was a dead body. Living people have bodies too, bub. up0 users have voted. Terminology By lbb Thu, 04/07/2016 - 9:52am I'm just explaining the terminology that's used by the people who do search and rescue. Bub. up0 users have voted. Quibble-proof? By Irma la Douce Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:26pm "Live Body Recovered"? up1 user has voted. Story? By Neighbor2 Wed, 04/06/2016 - 6:18pm Would love to hear the story of how they got into the water. Glad they were rescued. It was really cold out there today. Addendum: Agree, correct terminology in this case is, "Person rescued". (Or "girl", "boy, "man", "woman", "child", "yoot", etc). In this situation the words "body", and "recovered" aren't quite right. up0 users have voted. Add comment Your name Email The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Homepage Title Comment * Formatting options Plain textNo HTML tags allowed.Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically, unless the parent tag has the 'nolink' class.Lines and paragraphs break automatically. VideoPaste in a YouTube or Vimeo URL (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBbmD20FuSE or https://vimeo.com/100141625). Video URL Cancel Leave this field blank
A minor quibble By chaosjake Wed, 04/06/2016 - 11:55am We usually speak of bodies being recovered, but living people being rescued. I'm glad the story has a happy ending, but the headline doesn't sound like it fits. up1 user has voted.
An even more minor quibble By Mjolnir Wed, 04/06/2016 - 12:30pm Technically, a body was recovered. up0 users have voted.
Not if the person lived By lbb Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:08pm "rescue" - living person "recovery" - dead person's remains Those are the terms used in search and rescue. up0 users have voted.
Semantic By Mjolnir Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:15pm I didn't say it was a dead body. Living people have bodies too, bub. up0 users have voted.
Terminology By lbb Thu, 04/07/2016 - 9:52am I'm just explaining the terminology that's used by the people who do search and rescue. Bub. up0 users have voted.
Story? By Neighbor2 Wed, 04/06/2016 - 6:18pm Would love to hear the story of how they got into the water. Glad they were rescued. It was really cold out there today. Addendum: Agree, correct terminology in this case is, "Person rescued". (Or "girl", "boy, "man", "woman", "child", "yoot", etc). In this situation the words "body", and "recovered" aren't quite right. up0 users have voted.
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A minor quibble
By chaosjake
Wed, 04/06/2016 - 11:55am
We usually speak of bodies being recovered, but living people being rescued. I'm glad the story has a happy ending, but the headline doesn't sound like it fits.
An even more minor quibble
By Mjolnir
Wed, 04/06/2016 - 12:30pm
Technically, a body was recovered.
Not if the person lived
By lbb
Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:08pm
"rescue" - living person
"recovery" - dead person's remains
Those are the terms used in search and rescue.
Semantic
By Mjolnir
Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:15pm
I didn't say it was a dead body. Living people have bodies too, bub.
Terminology
By lbb
Thu, 04/07/2016 - 9:52am
I'm just explaining the terminology that's used by the people who do search and rescue. Bub.
Quibble-proof?
By Irma la Douce
Wed, 04/06/2016 - 1:26pm
"Live Body Recovered"?
Story?
By Neighbor2
Wed, 04/06/2016 - 6:18pm
Would love to hear the story of how they got into the water.
Glad they were rescued. It was really cold out there today.
Addendum:
Agree, correct terminology in this case is, "Person rescued". (Or "girl", "boy, "man", "woman", "child", "yoot", etc).
In this situation the words "body", and "recovered" aren't quite right.
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