Trip dates:
Friday, January 16, 2026
Trip length:
1 day
Type of watercraft:
Power
You can't park there.
Dragging the vehicle back to the ramp
The ultimate "You can't park there". By now most of the country has seen the driver rescue from the vehicle in the water here in Virginia Beach. Well, I wasn't involved in that. It was my day off, but I was called in for the vehicle recovery. The vehicle was resting in the bottom on the driver's side. We positioned our vessel over the vehicle and we were able to rig the rear passenger tire with a chain. With the boat, we pulled the vehicle back upright and pulled it along the bottom 150' - 200' back to the ramp it had entered from. From there we transferred the tow line to the tow truck driver who then pulled the vehicle out. Easy peasy.