I know someone who was going through the locks at Lake Washington, where boats are lowered down to sea level. This is near Seattle. They use steel cables to secure the boats while the water is moving. A dock worker was not paying attention, a big steel cable snapped and one side whipped back at the guy's sailboat. His wife was on the bow, as that was her station to secure then remove the cables.Had a rookie on the fire engine with me. Wrecker driver did all his prep and was about to start pulling on the car. I grabbed the rookie by the arm and told him let's get far away from here. If that winch cable snaps, it can kill people. Pointing at the wrecker driver, I said he has to be where he is to do his job, but we don't. The wrecker driver nodded in agreement .
The cable came back hard and cut his wife's head off. That was the end of their cruise.