Lexington fire crews explain necessary protocol behind water rescues following drowning

  • Source: WLEX-TV NBC 18 Lexington
  • Published: 04/16/2024 12:18 AM

VIDEO: Many witnesses at the scene of Sunday night's drowning voiced their confusion last night over the search procedure. "Immediately when I got on the scene I took an evaluation of how far out in the water he was and knew that changed our operation completely," explains District Chief Chris Warren with Lexington Fire Department Station 2. More than 350 feet from shore, that's how far 28-year-old Nicholas Hunter Davis was when he disappeared under water after accidentally flipping his kayak Sunday night at Jacobson Park Lake. "It's tough for me to stand and watch it happen," Warren describes the moment he realized the search would go from a rescue to recovery. "To go from such a fast response to we have to make sure we slow down and do this right."



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