US EditionBoater, Nurse Save 3 Children Caught in Current Off Gloucester, Massachusetts Beach
- Three children, ages 5, 8, and 14, were rescued from strong currents near the Annisquam Yacht Club in Gloucester on Tuesday evening.
- The children wandered off a sandbar at Wingaersheek Beach into the Annisquam River’s current, which pulled them away from shore as the tide came in.
- Boater Christian Dagley and nurse Keri Ann Perry intervened and brought the children aboard, performing CPR on the 5-year-old before crews transported them to local hospitals.
- A 5-year-old girl was critically injured and airlifted to Boston Children's Hospital, the 14-year-old girl remains in a serious state, and the 8-year-old boy has been treated and sent home to his family.
- Officials praised the rescuers’ efforts and warned residents and visitors to exercise caution due to Gloucester’s strong and fast-moving tidal currents.
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Boater, nurse save 3 children caught in current off Gloucester, Massachusetts beach
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