Water Rescue-Lansdowne, Baltimore Co., MD 1-25-15

[BCFDphotoman]

Around 1:30 on Sunday afternoon units were alerted for children who fell through the ice on a pond in the Lansdowne area of southwest Baltimore County. Two adult bystanders were alerted by the screams of the 4 kids in the water. They managed to rescue 3 of them and called 911. Several Dive Units from Baltimore and Carroll County responded and searched the water for more than an hour until they found the fourth victim. He was pulled from the water unconscious and taken to the hospital where 2 of them were in serious condition and 2 were listed in critical condition.

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Crews from Arbutus VFD and Middle River Dive Team probing for the victim:

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Closer shot:

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Maryland State Police Trooper 6 was also above the scene with their thermal imager:

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Another diver getting ready to go in:

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After an hour and 15 minutes they located him and are pulling him out:

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Taking him to the waiting Medic Unit:

[hank]

Good photos!

 

tHANKs

[Dickey]

Great pics, I hope they all pull through and make a full recovery.

[agoulder]

Nice pics, hope they'll be ok

[BCFDphotoman]

UPDATE:

It was reported that the 13 year old boy recovered by divers/firefighters died sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning at Johns Hopkins Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

The other 12 year old boy is still in the hospital. He was pulled out by bystanders in cardiac arrest also, remains in critical condition.

The first two boys, aged 8 and 12, managed to get out on their own were releasded from the Hospital later Sunday night.

[CCFR-45]

Nice Shots! Great work by the crews.

 

Thanks for sharing

[gmuhr]

Nice shots!

 

Very sad situation.

[Dickey]

Thank you for the update!

[Guest]

UPDATE:

It was reported that the 13 year old boy recovered by divers/firefighters died sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning at Johns Hopkins Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

The other 12 year old boy is still in the hospital. He was pulled out by bystanders in cardiac arrest also, remains in critical condition.

The first two boys, aged 8 and 12, managed to get out on their own were releasded from the Hospital later Sunday night.

 

I'm surprised you found out. Here in Portland the hospitals won't tell anyone anything unless they are family.

[BCFDphotoman]

I guess the press was following up on it. It was reported in the newspapers and TV stations! It was the top news story on local and national stations.