Trio of Whitehall officers help save man from waters of Big Walnut Creek
ThisWeek group
A man whom the Whitehall Division of Police was told possibly had jumped from a bridge on East Main Street was not easy to see when three officers converged on the area shortly after 9 p.m. Jan. 12.
The three officers spread out under the bridge and along the banks of the Big Walnut Creek and found the 35-year-old man. Each took turns at keeping the man’s head supported and out of the below-freezing water amid rocks until Whitehall Division of Fire medics arrived and transported him to a local hospital, where he was admitted and remained several days.
Three Whitehall police officers are receiving awards after saving the life of a man who jumped off a bridge.
On Jan. 12, Whitehall officers Joseph White, Shane Mcgee and Charles Stonerock responded to the 5300 block of E. Main Street on a report of a male who jumped off a bridge over Big Walnut Creek.
Upon arriving, the officers located a 35-year-old male lying partially on the rocky creek bed and partially in the water. The air temperature outside was 25 degrees at the time of the call, according to a Whitehall Division of Police release.
Officers began life-saving measures on the victim, holding his head steady out of the water and staying with him in the icy water for nearly five minutes until EMS could arrive and transport him to the hospital.