RESIDENTS IN WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, WERE AWAKENED early Sunday morning by blood-curdling screams for help coming from Whitman’s Pond.
A 27-yr.-old man had fallen through the ice as he was walking across the pond on his way home. His desparate cries were heard and the fire department was called.
There is a fire station 1/2 mile from the pond that is equipped with a specialized ice rescue boat that was purchased by a citizen for that purpose. But…. the station has been shuttered by the town to “save money.” The next-due station responded and the FF’s were able to get a canoe and skid it out over the ice to the man.
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The rescue was a success and the victim is expected to fully recover, even though he was in the frigid water for nearly 30 minutes.
WCVB Boston Channel 5 has a dramatic video showing the entire rescue effort HERE.
Firegeezer asks: Knowing ahead of time that the boat was in a closed station, why didn’t the FD either re-locate the boat to an active station, or carry a key to the boat house and have one of the other units retrieve it during the call?
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