A community effort couldn’t save a man from drowning in South Indian Lake, Man., yesterday evening.
South Indian Lake RCMP say a 33-year-old man was swimming in the community on July 10 when he began to struggle and go below the water.
A 30-year-old man saw the struggle and put on a life-jacket to swim to the man. He was able to get to him and hold him above water until other members of the community took a boat out to the location.
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The boat took the two men back to shore. The man without a life-jacket was unresponsive, RCMP say.
The man was taken to the nursing station, where he was pronounced dead.
“The community really came together to do what they could to help a struggling swimmer,” said Sgt. Michael Hodgson, South Indian Lake RCMP detachment commander. “Our deepest sympathies go out to the family and the community on the loss of this young man.”
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