A man in his twenties tried to kiss Geneva’s Jet d’Eau, a famous fountain that springs from Lake Geneva nearly 140 meters high. According to the daily 20 Minutes in Switzerland, the man was thrown into the air before falling on a slab. He was hospitalized.
A young man in his twenties had the very bad idea of trying to kiss the majestic Geneva water jet, which springs from Lake Geneva 140 meters high, reports the daily 20 Minutes in Switzerland.
He crossed the access barrier to the water jet on Monday evening despite the formal ban on approaching it, witnesses reported. He first tried to put his face on the nozzle, from which water gushes out at nearly 200 km / h or 500 liters per second, according to figures from the Geneva Industrial Services (GIS), which manages the monument. the most famous in town.
Unsurprisingly, the young man found himself violently thrown back. But the reckless did not stop there. After coming to his senses, he decided to surround the jet with both arms, the daily recounts. This time, the force of the water propelled him in the air several meters and he fell back on the slab which surrounds the nozzle, before throwing himself into the water.
It was then that the police, alerted by witnesses, went to fish him out. “The agents came to ask to cut off the water jet urgently to be able to pick him up”says a daily witness.
The police men “rescued him and hoisted him up” in their boat, says Aline Dard, spokesperson for the Geneva police. Supported by an ambulance, the young man was taken to the University Hospitals of Geneva. His condition was not immediately known.
The managers of the monument announced that they were going to file a complaint, as they systematically do in the event of violation of the security perimeter.
Geneva has had a water jet since 1891, and the one currently in operation was inaugurated in 1951. Like many monuments around the world, the water jet is adorned with different colors to mark particular events. or a celebration: the colors of the rainbow in solidarity with the LGBT+ community, or red and white for the Swiss National Day.
