ALPENA (WWJ) – A boy is safe at home, thanks to Michigan State Police troopers and an off-duty firefighter who rescued him from rushing water near a dam in Northern Michigan last week.
MSP on Wednesday released video of the incident, which happened at the Four Mile Dam in Alpena Township around 5:40 p.m. on Aug. 11.
When troopers showed up, they saw a 10-year-old boy battling the dam’s current and hanging onto the brick structure.
Video shows Trooper Talbot retrieve a ResQ Disc and personal flotation device from his patrol car and throw it to the boy in distress.
While the video cuts off before the boy was brought to safety, it shows Christopher Kinsey, an off-duty Wilson Township firefighter jump in the water with the lifejacket and swim to the boy. He went on to escort him to shore.
Paramedics with the Alpena City Police Department checked him out and sent him home.
Officials did not release the boy’s name.
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