Enmanuel “Manny” Familia died Friday after he jumped into Worcester’s Green Hill Pond to save multiple children in distress. Both Familia and Troy Love, 14, died in the hospital.
Enmanuel “Manny” Familia, the Worcester police officer who sacrificed his life Friday when he rushed into a pond at Green Hill Park to try to save a 14-year-old boy, will be laid to rest on Thursday. Born in La Vega, Dominican Republic, the 38-year-old officer moved to Worcester as a young boy and graduated from Doherty Memorial High School in 2001. He went on to attend Quinsigamond Community .