A Baltimore Police helicopter crew is being hailed as heroic after rescuing a 25-year-old man who nearly drowned at an East Baltimore pool over the weekend.
The dramatic rescue occurred on Saturday, July 25, at around 8:41 p.m., when officers in the department’s Foxtrot helicopter responded to a water rescue call near Walter P. Carter Elementary School. The victim and his friends had been swimming in the closed pool after hours.
“All the officers in this area were at a fight, and we heard the call for a water rescue,” said pilot Craig Hoover. “We looked at each other and said, ‘Water rescue? Up here? Where would that be?'”…