Trooper honored for rescues
Published: August 10, 2007
A Massachusetts state trooper from Shutesbury is being heralded for quick thinking and heroic actions on the Connecticut River last summer.
Trooper Scott Sawicki was awarded the Massachusetts State Police Medal of Lifesaving last week in a ceremony at the State Police Headquarters in Framingham.
On July 4, 2006, Sawicki and other members of the state police underwater recovery team and state Environmental Police were assigned as safety divers along the Connecticut River, according to a press release issued by the state police.
During the grand finale of the holiday fireworks display, Sawicki and members of his team heard cries for help.
Sawicki saw a man in the water about 100 feet away. He got to the victim and helped him into the boat. That’s when the man said his wife was still in the water. Officers scanned the area and saw a second person in the water another 60 feet away. Sawicki reached her and pulled her from the water as well.
The two were uninjured and refused medical treatment at the scene, according to the release. Sawicki is an alumnus of Amherst Regional High School and earned a bachelor of science degree from Western New England College.
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