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A group of tourists in Venice found themselves in cold water after their gondola capsized in an Italian canal. According to The Guardian, the group from China had been moving around the gondola to take selfies rather than following the gondolier's guidance to stay seated. The gondolier had been navigating the boat under a low bridge near St Mark's Square when it overturned. The gondolier fell into the murky, cold canal himself before trying to help rescue the others.
The whole incident was captured on video and shared widely online. The footage shows the tourists clinging to the side of the flipped vessel or swimming to passing boats after the plunge into the Venice waters.