A FLORIDA SEA TOW CAPTAIN SAVED A MAN FROM A BURNING SHIP ONLY TO BE SHOVED OVERBOARD AND HAVE HIS BOAT STOLEN.(PHOTO)
No good deed goes unpunished. A Florida sea tow captain saved a man from a burning ship only to be shoved overboard and have his boat stolen. This shocking incident occurred near Marco Island on March 6th. On that date, a call went out regarding a burning boat. The captain of a sea tow boat heard the distress call and rushed to provide aid. He was able to quickly locate the burning boat and discovered 40-year-old, Ryan Deiter, and his dog onboard the burning ship. Wasting no time, the captain of the sea tow boat was able to maneuver alongside the distressed boat and begin efforts to extricate Deiter and his dog from the doomed vessel. Eventually, the sea tow captain was able to pull both Deiter and his dog onboard the tow boat. However, once Deiter was pulled to safety, he repaid a stranger's kindness with treachery. Deiter shoved the captain from his own boat and fled the scene in the stolen boat, leaving the man who had just risked his own vessel and life...
According to a post on facebook,the gentleman seen in the photo above is a Nigerian/Anambra state citizen and he roasts corn in Dubai as a delicacy and sells them to passersby.In an exclusive chat with Anambra State Online media that Mr Obinna opened up on how he stated the business and the benefits .He says ''My name is Obinna,When i arrived Dubai and couldn't get a job,i decided to think out of the box on what to do to make a living and one day,while in a local restaurant,a man came and placed an order..When the waiter came with the order,it was Chicken With Mashed Potato and Grilled Corn but the corn was not roasted the native Nigerian way as we do with coals.That was when the idea came and i decided to give it a try.I contacted a local farmer who supplied raw corn for me and started roasting them close to my neighborhood across the street.At first,people who passed by looked at me with curiosity as they had never seen anything of its kind up until one man approached me and i gave him one corn cob to taste.He liked it and the following day,invited 4 of his friends who bought and even took some home''.According to Obinna,that day marked the beginning of his turnaround in the business.The business according to him is the first of it's kind in Dubai and in no time became a popular delicacy in the neighborhood with people especially Nigerians living there who want to have a taste of him on a daily basis''.When asked how much he makes as profit Obinna smiled and said ''The profits are not bad.I sell each corn cob for about 5 to 8 Dirham depending on the size and on a very good day,i take about 60 to 80 Dirham {22$USD} {8,000} home.'',he said.
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