Video Shows Officers Rescuing Woman, 6-Year-Old Daughter From Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A video launched by the Baltimore Police Department Friday reveals the harrowing rescue of a girl and a toddler from the Inner Harbor final month.
Southern District officers had been referred to as to the waterline simply behind MedStar Harbor Hospital on Dec. 13 within the 3000 block of Hanover Street for an tried suicide.
When they arrived, officers discovered a 35-year-old girl in disaster was making an attempt to drown herself and her 6-year-old daughter.
“She was actually holding her daughter underwater,” Det. Donny Moses mentioned. “She was in distress, she was crying, she was frantic, and at that time, our officers knew they had to jump to action pretty quick.”
The video reveals officers leaping into the chilly harbor and pulling out the lady and the woman from the icy waters.
“They pulled the little girl out of the water first. When they did, she was unresponsive, she wasn’t breathing, she was lifeless,” Moses mentioned.
Officers rushed the little woman, who was unconscious and unresponsive, to an space hospital in their very own patrol automotive. Doctors had been in a position to save her life.
The mom was additionally transported to an space hospital, the place she obtained medical therapy and an analysis.
“(It was) very heroic,” Moses mentioned. “Of course, when we get called to calls like that, you don’t think of doing anything extraordinary, but looking back, what these officers did was quite extraordinary.”
Police are additionally commending bystanders who referred to as within the incident.
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