Police and Harbormaster Rescue Woman from Water Near Bridge Street

Police and the harbormaster helped pull a woman who was trying to retrieve her boyfriend’s hat out of the water behind the Black Lobster Restaurant on Bridge Street early Tuesday morning.

Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police were called to the area of the Black Lobster for a report of a woman in the water calling for help.

When Sgt. David Tucker and Officer Joshua Gerard arrived at the dock of the Black Lobster, they found a man crying uncontrollably. Officers removed the man for his own safety.

The police could hear a woman screaming for help, but couldn’t see her in the water.

Tucker went to the top of the bridge, and he and Gerard were able to spot the woman with their flashlights. Tucker lowered the life ring from his cruiser down to the woman in the water, and by that time, the harbormaster had also arrived and was able to get the woman into a boat and bring her ashore.

The man who was on the dock when the officers arrived said that he and his girlfriend were walking from Beverly to Salem. While walking over the bridge, the man said his hat blew off his head and went into the water.

The man said his girlfriend thought it would be a good idea to go into the water and try to get his hat back for him. She walked through the property of the Black Lobster and went down onto the dock and into the water, according to police.

Once she was in the water, she couldn’t find the hat and started to struggle against the tide and call out for help, leading to the 911 call to police.