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.
Did he adjust his batting gloves 432 times before he jumped in for the rescue?
no but, i think he hit a home run today.
Nomah bump!
Was one of them Gabby Reece? :)
How come the headline didn't say current Cub rescues....
Obviously anti-Cub bias.
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.
It's early, but I think we already have a "best line of the day" win-nah!
They should have stuck to having the shot of whiskey before each game, it worked for them in 2004.
"hey nomah! let's make out."
Did he boot them after making the initial grab? Or pop them up somehow?
Lucky for the women it wasn't Buckner.
They might've slipped away.
Strange story on so many levels. Not trying to pee on anyone's cornflakes, just seems like a strange sequence of events.
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.
ROFLMAO!!
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