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Former Red Sox shortstop rescues two women from the water
www.wbz.com ^ | Wednesday October 12, 2005 | AP

Posted on 10/12/2005 6:44:40 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99

BOSTON (AP) Former Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra rescued two women who had fallen into Boston Harbor late last week, his uncle and a witness told the Boston Herald.

Garciaparra, who played for the Chicago Cubs last season, was with his uncle in his Charlestown condominium at about 10 p.m. on Friday when they heard a scream and a splash, said the uncle, Victor Garciaparra.

As soon as the All-Star shortstop and two-time American League batting champ ran out the door to help the woman, her friend also fell in, hitting her head on the pier, said Victor Garciaparra, who oversees his nephew's business and charitable ventures.

Victor Garciaparra jumped from the balcony to the water 20 feet below.

``I swam towards them and by the time I reached them, Nomar was already there holding the girls up,'' he told the newspaper. ``But he couldn't get them up without help.''

One woman had a large lump on her head and appeared to be unconscious, he said. When she came to, the first thing she said was: ``Are you Nomar?'' Victor Garciaparra said.

The two men pulled the women from the water. Their husbands arrived and whisked them off to the hospital before the Garciaparras even got their names, he said.

Johnny O'Hara of Natick witnessed the incident from his boat.

``A bunch of us came running over and sure enough, pulling the two girls from the water was Nomar,'' he told the newspaper. ``It was crazy. Nomar was like jumping over walls to get to the girls and the other guy leaped off the balcony. It was unbelievable.''

Nomar Garciaparra was unavailable for comment, his uncle said.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: baseball; bignose; cubs; hero; redsox; sports
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NOMAR!
1 posted on 10/12/2005 6:44:45 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99

Did he adjust his batting gloves 432 times before he jumped in for the rescue?


2 posted on 10/12/2005 6:46:20 AM PDT by Cagey (I hate tripod)
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To: Cagey

no but, i think he hit a home run today.


3 posted on 10/12/2005 6:49:14 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Liberals are the feces that is produced when shame eats too much stupidity!)
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To: RepoGirl

Nomah bump!


4 posted on 10/12/2005 6:49:47 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Liberals are the feces that is produced when shame eats too much stupidity!)
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99

Was one of them Gabby Reece? :)


5 posted on 10/12/2005 6:52:23 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99

How come the headline didn't say current Cub rescues....

Obviously anti-Cub bias.


6 posted on 10/12/2005 6:53:14 AM PDT by Patrick1
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
i think he hit a home run today.

True, he sure did. A very courageous act and great story.

However, he drove me nuts when he backed out of the batter's box to adjust his gloves over and over between pitches. I don't see him all that much anymore since he was traded from the Red Sox.

7 posted on 10/12/2005 6:53:14 AM PDT by Cagey (I hate tripod)
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Did he adjust his batting gloves 432 times before he jumped in for the rescue?

It's early, but I think we already have a "best line of the day" win-nah!

8 posted on 10/12/2005 6:53:15 AM PDT by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
Nomah!!


9 posted on 10/12/2005 6:57:46 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Cagey

They should have stuck to having the shot of whiskey before each game, it worked for them in 2004.


10 posted on 10/12/2005 6:59:06 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Liberals are the feces that is produced when shame eats too much stupidity!)
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To: gopwinsin04

"hey nomah! let's make out."


11 posted on 10/12/2005 7:00:10 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Liberals are the feces that is produced when shame eats too much stupidity!)
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How come the headline didn't say current Cub rescues.... Obviously anti-Cub bias

wbz is Channel 4 in Boston.
12 posted on 10/12/2005 7:00:56 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Ham & Eggs: A day's work for a hen, A lifetime commitment for a pig.)
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99

Did he boot them after making the initial grab? Or pop them up somehow?


13 posted on 10/12/2005 7:01:55 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99

Lucky for the women it wasn't Buckner.

They might've slipped away.


14 posted on 10/12/2005 7:03:13 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99

Strange story on so many levels. Not trying to pee on anyone's cornflakes, just seems like a strange sequence of events.


15 posted on 10/12/2005 7:04:33 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

BS meter is flipping around a little on this one. I'd like to hear from the women who were rescued and were said to have left without a trace.


16 posted on 10/12/2005 7:06:50 AM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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After 'Gay-Day'... it was all downhill from there.
17 posted on 10/12/2005 7:07:27 AM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
Not Nomah.


18 posted on 10/12/2005 7:08:19 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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Way to go, no-MAH!

You see, Uncle Teddy? THAT'S how it's done! You actually run toward the water and pull them out.
19 posted on 10/12/2005 7:08:22 AM PDT by RedCell
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

ROFLMAO!!


20 posted on 10/12/2005 7:10:10 AM PDT by Cagey (I hate tripod)
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