Rescuers pull girl from water at Carson Beach
By James Vaznis, Globe Staff
A 13-year-old girl who was submerged in the water at a South Boston beach for several minutes this afternoon was pulled to shore by emergency workers.
The girl was not breathing when rescuers found her. Emergency workers attempted to resuscitate her as they transported her by ambulance to Boston Medical Center. Her injuries were life-threatening, police said.
The girl had been swimming with two other girls sometime after 4 p.m. near a pier located at Mothers' Rest, just south of Carson Beach, not far from a State Police barracks. Authorities are not sure exactly what happened.
"The girl was holding onto the piling," Boston District Fire Chief John Evans said in an interview at the beach. "I guess she was hanging on for a while and then disappeared."
Several lifeguards, who had cleared people from the beach earlier because of the threat of lightning storms, rushed from the Carson Beach bath house. Passersby also jumped into the water to help with the intial search.
"I heard screaming," said Job Van Ryn, one of those passersby. "We went in for her but couldn't find her."
Evans said once a dive team arrived at the scene the girl was found quickly.
