[Scan-DC] Arlington & DC working possible drowning

[Andrew Clegg]

Preliminary news report at the link below. This seems to indicate it was a
woman, not a child. The radio traffic implied a child.

http://tinyurl.com/63neca

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My buddy who is an Arlington firefighter was probably on this... I'll have
to check in with him later.

> From: w4jecom at w4je.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Arlington & DC working possible drowning
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:37:18 -0400
>
> Arlington put back in service; seems that there was nothing they could do.
>
> Call was originally reported as a woman in a canoe in the Potomac near the
> Key Bridge looking for a child in the water. Much confusion over exact
> location due to language barrier with multiple callers. Eventually the
> helicopter spotted a child face down in the water. DC fire boat picked up
> the child and was "working" on it, but it sounds as if nothing was able to
> be done.

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