This play in two acts is basically 2019 to date

John Plunkett. Updated July 25th, 2019

You may have read about French inventor Franky Zapata, the former jet ski champion who was hoping to cross from France to England in just 20 minutes on a jet-powered flyboard.

It started well enough, as this video suggests.

🇫🇷🇬🇧 HAPPENING NOW: “Flyboard” creator Franky Zapata lifts off from Calais, France to cross the English Channel @frankyzapata #flyboardair pic.twitter.com/j3l96lURa3

— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) July 25, 2019

But didn’t end quite so well and this one-two news alert on Twitter is basically 2019 to date.

I really enjoy that these two tweets were like 5 minutes apart. pic.twitter.com/W869bh6BqL

— matt (@burgoonm) July 25, 2019

Yep, pretty much nails it.

That deescalated quickly pic.twitter.com/WhLWNJfxib

— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) July 25, 2019