Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Homemade boat trapped in backyard TYWARDREATH, England, April 16 (UPI) -- A British man who spent five years constructing a 30-foot yacht in his backyard said he now faces a more perplexing challenge: getting it out of his garden. Advertisement John Melling, an engineer, said he always knew removing the 26-foot-wide Trimaran yacht from the back garden of his Tywardreath, Cornwall, home would be difficult, but he had initially counted on employing the Royal Air Force to airlift the vessel -- a service they no longer provide, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday. "RAF St. Mawgan (air force base) used to airlift boats for people in similar situations as me and used it as a training opportunity," he said. "But apparently they don't do that anymore -- so I am going to have to take the fence down to get the boat out now." "We will be taking this boat to Greece eventually, after I have retired, to spend some time in the sunshine," Melling said. "I may even race it --- but right now the challenge is getting it out of the garden." Advertisement Two arrested after teen rides in trunk CROSSVILLE, Tenn., April 16 (UPI) -- Sheriff's deputies in Cumberland County, Tenn., said two people were arrested after a 16-year-old boy rode in the trunk of their car to make room for a TV. Deputies said Cory McDaniel and Rhonda Howard, the boy's sister, were charged with reckless endangerment after they told the deputies that 16-year-old was riding in the trunk to make room in the back seat for a TV they were transporting, WSMV-TV, Nashville, reported Wednesday. "He did it voluntarily. It made sense to him too, I guess," Cumberland County Sheriff Butch Burgess said. Boston terrier saves baby from drowning STUART, Fla., April 16 (UPI) -- A heroic Boston terrier named Tyson is being credited for helping rescue a baby from drowning in a Florida family's pool, the baby's mother said. Dog owners Whitney and Brook Michael Lovatt were inside their Stuart, Fla., home with Whitney's sister, Amy Kelaidis, when they heard Tyson barking outside near the pool, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday. After following Tyson's persistent barking, Brook reportedly found Kelaidis' 10-month-old son, Lios, floating face down in the pool with blue lips and closed eyes. Lovatt, a licensed boat captain, performed rescue breathing on the child. He was breathing independently when paramedics arrived and was released from Martin Memorial North Medical Center Tuesday. Advertisement "I think there's a sequence of events you just can't explain. It definitely is God's work for sure. They were calling him 'The Miracle Baby' at the hospital," Kelaidis said. Cops, contractors save wedged cat NEW YORK, April 16 (UPI) -- A New York woman said her chubby tabby cat had to be rescued by police and construction workers after he fell from a tin roof into a heating shaft. Kenya Stanislas, 23, said her 15-pound feline, Ariel, became lodged 20 feet into a 4-by-8-inch heating vent, leading her to call 911 for assistance, the New York Post reported Wednesday. Emergency Service Unit Detectives Tony Borowiec and Dennis Canale employed contractors to cut a hole in the brick wall and Borowiec then dug through wood and metal to free the 4-year-old tabby. "It's a good feeling," Borowiec said of the successful rescue. However "I'm allergic to cats, so I'm not feeling that good right now," he said.
