Volunteer Fireman Comes To Rescue Near Concord Cove: SHCO

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — The Susquehanna Hose Company prides itself on its quick response time. But one of its members who was out kayaking actually completed a water rescue before the hose company's crew arrived Saturday morning, the volunteer fire company reported.

It was before 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, when the call for a water rescue came in, as there was a man whose kayak had flipped over in the Chesapeake Bay near Concord Cove, according to the Susquehanna Hose Company.

Fireman Grant Morris was in the area in his kayak, and he pulled the man from the water, retrieved his kayak and brought him to shore near the Concord Cove Apartments, the hose company reported, just as its crew was nearing the scene.

The Havre de Grace Ambulance Corps evaluated the kayaker, who did not want to be taken to the hospital, officials said.

"Great job Grant and to all crews involved!" the Susquehanna Hose Company said in a statement.

Morris is a firefighter with Susquehanna Hose Company's Division 5. He is also a prize-winning fisherman whose fishing waters include the Susquehanna Flats.