Responding to the call to help, officers from Tulsa Fire Department arrived at Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma to discover that ‘the body’ was alive.
Yes, the ‘body’ turned out to be a man taking a nap in the river.
“We launched a boat and discovered that the man was just laying in the water,” the department wrote in the caption of a video they posted on Twitter.
Dangerous despite low water levels
TFD, @TulsaPolice & @EMSAOK responded to reports of “a body in the river.” We launched a boat and discovered that the man was just laying in the water. The river is low, but still potentially dangerous in areas. Please stay safe and find alternate ways to stay cool! #imokay pic.twitter.com/7B4SBzlLG5
— Tulsa Fire Dept. (@TulsaFire) August 18, 2021
The department warned that even though the water level in the river was low, it could still be dangerous.
“Please stay safe and find alternate ways to stay cool!” it tweeted.
The video had since been viewed over 11,300 times.