Posted on 03/27/2007 1:57:59 PM PDT by Soothesayer
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — A Yarmouth man leaped into Barnstable Harbor to rescue a 5-year-old girl moments after she lost her balance and fell in, officials said.
Gary Richard was eating lunch with his girlfriend in their car Saturday afternoon near the Ocean Street docks when they saw the girl fall in the water. She had been throwing rocks from a dock into the harbor.
"I dropped my sandwich and ran," the 39-year-old told the Cape Cod Times.
Richard, who moved to Yarmouth from Fall River six months ago, looked down from the edge of the dock and saw the girl in the water about 6 feet below.
"I saw her face and I just jumped," Richard said, describing the water as freezing. "It was so cold, it was painful."
The girl reached for him and Richard grabbed her under one of her arms. Richard held her up as the boyfriend of the girl's mother, who had been working on a boat nearby, took the child into his arms, police said.
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I instantly knew of one MA resident who this hero couldn't be
Wonder if he ever got back to that sandwich?
Hooray! Score one for the decent folks!
The resident you are thinking of would have staggered back to his compound and called for help the next day, after consulting his lawyer.
No, worse.
He would do nothing to save the child but would sue the pants off the parents for not keeping her away from the ledge. Sad thing is, I'm probably dead on correct.
Thanks for posting a positive story.
"the boyfriend of the girl's mother, " and I am surprised? No, not really.
Good for the guy.
Idiot mother.
And idiot boyfriend.
This guy obviously had big enough stones he didn't have to worry about the temporary shrinkage he no doubt experienced from the frigid water...
Aren't you just a little quick to judge. I didn't read any facts in the story that would lead me to believe this was anything other than an accident. I really can't see how the boyfriend is an idiot.
I wonder what kind of sandwich it was.....
They are both idiots (mother and bf)....an unattended 5 year old girl on a dock says all it needs to say. If she was being watched properly, then a stranger DID NOT have to be the one to jump in and save the girl.
I'm with you- as a single dad of 3 little angels I live in constant daily fear of the minor error that turns into major catastrophe.
I wonder if it was still good after he dropped it.
Depends where he dropped it.
Nah, it would've violated the 5 second rule.
I'm surprised the girl's mother didn't sue him.
Letting a 5 year old play on the edge of a dock when you aren't there to supervise and rescue her yourself qualifies.
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