Radio Scanner Discussion Forum <SCAN-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
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>FYI
>3/21/99
>Dateline Rutland Daily Herald/Sundy Times Argus
>Staff Writer
>John Dillon
>
>Ludlow-Vermont
>
>:"quick thinking rescuers grabbed a garden hose and
>pulled a Connecticut cross-counrty skier from the frigid
>waters of Lake Rescue Saturady saving the man's life,
>police said.
> Police said Jeremy Greshin 39, was sking near the
>edge of the lake Saturday afternoon when he broke through thin ice.
>
>A bystander attempted to pull him out but also fell through
>said Ludlow police dispatcher Brain Anderson. Fortunately
>for both of them. Greg Benson, 29, was at his parents lakeshore
>home when he heard the police Scanner squak with the report
>that the men were in trouble."
>
>A number of people were on scene but it was when Benson
>was handed a garden hose that the two men were pulled in.
>
>"Beson was a member of the Ludlow Fire Dept. before moved
>to Springfield" ..."And this wasn't Bnson's first rescue. Several
>years ago three snowmobilers went trhough the ice in the same
>place" "I happende to be here that night too. We pulled a of kids
>out of the lake" he said."
>
>Now how many others have been saved by having a scanner listener
>go into action? Who says were just a bunch of listening voyuers?
>
>Two thumbs up for Benson and for Scanners! Keep our freqs. free!
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