Off-duty officer, firefighter rescue unresponsive individual rescued from lake in Halifax – NBC Boston

An off-duty police officer and an off-duty firefighter helped rescue an unresponsive individual from a lake in Halifax, Massachusetts, on Thursday evening.

Halifax police and hearth have been dispatched to a report of an individual calling for assist in East Monponsett Lake round 9 p.m. Thursday. Preliminary experiences from police on scene confirmed that an individual was within the water and was unresponsive.

Hearth officers mentioned off-duty Halifax police officer Michael Boncariewski kayaked out to the individual to carry them above water and off-duty Duxbury firefighter Jennifer Stratton helped convey the individual to shore, the place Halifax hearth and rescue personnel have been in a position to take over care and resume lifesaving procedures.

The affected person was flown by medical helicopter to Brigham and Girls’s Hospital in Boston and brought to the intensive automotive unit.

Their situation was not instantly recognized.