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By Firefighter James Tipa, Jr
July 6, 2010
 
On the evening of July 6th the Beford Police and Bedford FD responded to 357 Greenwich Road in Bedford Village for a person drowning. On arrival PD found out that a canoe carrying three had overturned and that two of the canoe's occupants had made it to shore but one was underwater. The Yorktown and Sound Beach, Conneticut dive teams responded and rescued the victim from the water. The victim was transported to Northern Westchester Hospital where was later pronounced dead. During the rescue Engine 106 responded to the Bedford Village firehouse and covered the Village while the Bedford Village FD was operating.

Link to story on LoHud:
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20107070320

Units: E-106
Mutual Aid: Bedford Fire/EMS, Yorktown Heights: 2532, R-55 (Dive Water Rescue), Marine 55, Marine 56, Sound Beach FD Dive Team, R-5, Batt-2, WCDES Batt-16, WEMS, and various EMS agencies

Lake where drowning took place. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Lake where drowning took place. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News)
Members of the Yorktown Dive Team cleaning up after rescue. (The Journal News)
Members of the Yorktown Dive Team cleaning up after rescue. (The Journal News)
 

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