Man drowns rescuing grandson from reservoir
A man died after rescuing his six-year-old grandson from a Colorado reservoir.
He jumped in when the boy fell in while fishing and managed to push him to safety before slipping underwater and drowning.
The boy and his eight-year-old cousin ran frantically onto a road and flagged down a driver, who called emergency services.
“The little guy said ’My grandpa pushed me out of the water,’ and then the older one said, ’My grandpa went under,”’ said the driver, Joanne Cash.
When rescuers arrived, they found Terry Ringer, 49, face down about 10 feet away from the shore and were able to pull him out of the water without help from divers, Nederland police Sgt. Steve Davis said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The water temperature was about 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius), which can cause problems such as breathlessness, panic, cramps and hypothermia.
