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New video shows police officer race into pond to help free pilot
Police videos show officers, kayakers and firefighters reaching the submerged plane within minutes, but the 81-year-old pilot later died.
- On Wednesday, Police released body camera videos of rescue efforts following a July plane crash in Plymouth, Massachusetts, within a heavily wooded area of Myles Standish State Park.
- The fixed-wing plane crashed into Curlew Pond on July 16, overturning in the water while 81-year-old pilot Richard Carrara was attempting to return to Plymouth Municipal Airport.
- Several bystanders paddled out to the plane about 20 feet offshore, while one officer radioed, "There is somebody in the plane, but they can't get out. I am making my way there now."
- Police, fire, and Samaritans reached the aircraft to remove the pilot, but although CPR was performed at the scene, Carrara was later pronounced dead.
- Witness Campbell described seeing the plane nosedive into Curlew Pond, which has a maximum depth of 33 feet, and John Gurney, who attempted rescue, noted, "Bunch of people converged and tried to drag the plane to shore.
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New video shows police officer race into pond to help free pilot
Police released body camera videos Wednesday of the heroic efforts to rescue a pilot after a small plane crashed into a pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in July.
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