Crime & Safety
Update: 2 Swimmers - a Father and Son - Reportedly Rescued at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport
The incident occurred Sunday afternoon, and a search for a possible third swimmer was launched and later stopped. BREAKING
Updated at 8:02 p.m. on Sunday, July 31, 2016: Two Yemeni natives who live in the Bronx, who police said are a father and son, were rescued Sunday afternoon from nearly drowning in the waters off Sherwood Island State Park, reports Westport Now.
Emergency personnel searched for a possible third swimmer, according to NBC Connecticut News. No one was found, wrote Westport Now.
The two men were treated at Norwalk Hospital.
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Original story: WESTPORT, CT — Police and fire personnel were called to Sherwood Island State Park in Westport Sunday afternoon on a report of two near-drownings and a possible missing swimmer, according to Westport Now.
Details were not immediately available, but the two swimmers were rescued off-shore. See the Twitter posts below.
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UPDATE: Two near drowning victims rescued from waters off Sherwood State Park in Westport; unsure whether another is missing
— WestportNow (@WestportNow) July 31, 2016
The initial report was of a single near-drowning.
Westport police, FD responding to Sherwood Island State Park on report one near downing, possibly second swimmer missing
— WestportNow (@WestportNow) July 31, 2016
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