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Boaters Save Several Swimmers Caught in Under Current

JULY 16, 2022, JOHN’S PASS SANDBAR (ELEANOR ISLAND) / TREASURE ISLAND, MADEIRA BEACH, FL – When one boater noticed several swimmers struggling due to a strong under current in what was reported to be about 15- to 30-foot-deep water around their local water hangout, the sandbar in front of John’s Pass, they jumped into action. In addition to one observant and heroic man…

Tow Truck Driver Rescued from Pond

A tow truck driver who was struggling in the water and nearly drowned, showed up at the Port St. Lucie Police Department Wednesday morning to thank the officers who saved him.

According to police, Danny Hahn, who works with the towing company called Tow Master, was trying to find a car that crashed into a pond Tuesday

Man Clinging to Overturned Canoe Rescued

Though an unusual way to use the ResQ Disc, it certainly worked and congratulations to the deputies for being resourceful and inventive to save that life! Here is the news release from the Office of the Lapeer County Sheriff.

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On Saturday 11-12-2016 at 4:18 PM, Lapeer County 911 dispatched Lapeer County Sheriff’s Deputies

Michigan Conservation Officer Saves Life

In October 2016, ResQ Disc headquarters received a notice of another confirmed rescue / life saved using the ResQ Disc Throwable Water and Ice Rescue Device making it the 524th reported rescue. As is our policy, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will receive a free ResQ Disc. The press release they published on October 18, 2016 is below.
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DNR conservation officer helps rescue man from Detroit River

A Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer helped rescue a man Saturday morning who had jumped into the Detroit River from the MacArthur Bridge at Belle Isle Park in an attempt to take his own life. At about 10:44 a.m. Saturday, conservation officer Richard Cardenas received dispatch information on a possible suicidal subject, who was driving a black Chrysler Town and Country van, and reportedly was planning to jump off the MacArthur Bridge. The 49-year-old Detroit man’s mother had called 9-1-1 after he called her on the telephone, telling her he had “relapsed on drugs; he loved her; but could not do it anymore.”
Cardenas – a conservation officer from the DNR’s Plainwell Customer Service Center who has worked for the department since January 2014 – arrived at the MacArthur Bridge approximately 1 minute after receiving the emergency dispatch information. He saw a van matching the dispatch description heading north on the bridge, leaving Belle Isle….

14-year-old Girl Rescued from Icy Pond

Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office Reported: February 17, 2012 Reported by Deputy Adrian Wise BIRCH RUN, MI — According to victim’s testimony, while playing in the snow with several of her friends, one of her dogs got out of the house, ran on the pond and fell through the ice. In an attempt to save it, the 14-year-old Taymouth Township girl ventured onto the ice-covered pond behind her home and fell through. Unable to pull herself out due to the pond depth, she kept her head above water as her friends called 911. Upon arriving at the scene and assessing the situation, Deputy Wise, promptly grabbed a ResQ Disc from his vehicle. After a few attempts to pull the girl from the ice (the challenge being getting the victim over the ice), at last with assistance from other personnel, the girl was pulled to safety. She suffered only minor scrapes and cuts from the ice and was treated for...