WATERTOWN â On Monday night, city police officer Wayne W. McConnell got to high five a little boy whose life heâs credited with saving.
During a City Council meeting Monday night, Mr. McConnell was among two officers recognized with a Life Saving Award from Police Chief Charles P. Donoghue.
Mr. McConnell was honored for his quick response in saving the 4-year-old boy who was not breathing when he was pulled from the shallow end of a Harris Street pool shortly before 7 p.m. on June 17. The city police officer was inside his K-9 patrol vehicle a few blocks away when the call came in. He rushed to the scene, where neighbors alerted him to the backyard.
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