Housatonic River Water Rescue (Shelton, CT) 12/21/19

SHELTON, CT - At approximately 4:00pm on December 21, 2019, the Shelton Fire Department was dispatched to the Housatonic River in the area of the Sunnyside Boat Ramp for a reported overturned boat with parties in the frigid water. Units arrived on scene quickly to find the two parties clinging to their overturned boat, and approximately 450ft from the shore. Members from Echo Hose’s Squad 1 donned cold water suits and commandeered a small boat from a neighbor’s yard near the scene before the fire boats could arrive on location. This was key in getting to the victims as soon as possible in the cold water and effecting the rescue of the two parties.

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