Army Joins Struggle to Save Beer
Tue January 20, 2004 08:59 AM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has sent in the army to bolster a week-long struggle to rescue 10 tons of beer trapped under Siberian ice, Itar-Tass news agency said Tuesday. A lorry carrying the beer sank when trying to cross the frozen Irtysh river, and a rescue team of six divers, 10 workers and a modified T-72 tank from the emergencies ministry have so far failed to save the load.
"The situation hasn't developed according to our ideal scenario," the deputy head of the Cherlaksky region, told the agency. Temperatures were around minus 27 degrees Celsius (minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit) in the region, near the Siberian city of Omsk and around 1,400 miles from Moscow.
A week-long effort to cut a 100 yard corridor to the river bank to pull the truck to dry land failed when the vehicle was swept away from the rescue site, Tass said.
But it said the soldiers were confident it would take them just a day to retrieve the beer.
posted on January 20, 2004 05:14:02 PM new
Ahhhhh. It will be nicely chilled when it comes up. They will probably have to drink it quick before it freezes.
posted on January 20, 2004 08:22:40 PM new
I'll raise a guinness to their noble efforts. God save the beer!
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Mi abuelita me dijo "en boca cerrada no entran moscas".
posted on January 21, 2004 12:34:13 PM new
It would probably be refused--many other countries consider American beer to be littlemore than colored water. Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
posted on January 21, 2004 09:16:26 PM new
Give me a Guinness, a Newcastle Brown Ale or a Negra Modelo...."Fizzy yellow beer is for wussies"
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Mi abuelita me dijo "en boca cerrada no entran moscas".
