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DONORA BOY DROWNS
Staff writer
sbeveridge@observer-reporter.com
WEBSTER - A rescue diver who just happened to be nearby pulled a Donora boy from the bottom of the Monongahela River in Webster Sunday evening shortly after the boy disappeared in the water.
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He found Terrence Carlock, 12, within 10 minutes of his arrival.
"These are emotional things," Yelle said after emerging from the water in the Westmoreland County village across the river from Donora.
Emergency workers performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the boy on the riverbank before he was taken by ambulance to Mon Valley Hospital, where he arrived at 7:25 p.m. Carlock was pronounced dead at 7:35 p.m., according to the Washington County Coroner's office.
"We're all extremely proud of Dave," said Bruce Smith, assistant commander of the dive team associated with Rostraver-West Newton Ambulance Service.
He said Yelle found the boy in water about 12 feet deep. The boy had been swimming with a group of about seven other boys.
A witness said "a diver went in and five or ten minutes, he was back out."
"He was crying when he came out," said another witness who didn't want to be identified.
The boy's relatives were quick to arrive at the river's edge, and many were crying and moaning as an ambulance pulled away. A young girl who was identified as the boy's sister was placed in an ambulance after she collapsed several times on the road.
Boy Drowns : 8/4/2008
I think it is cruel to print a picture of family members at a tragic event, my heart goes out for the family of Terrence Carlock.
Drowning : 8/4/2008
My condolences to the carlock family.The most over looked emergency service, Rescue Divers. The diver who pulled that young man from the bottom of the river in attempt to bring him back desrves all the praise in the world. From what I was told the team he belongs to is all volunteer. I was told by one of them that they receive NO funding from anyone. They can't even apply for grants from the state or federal government because they are NOT a Fire department or Police department. They are all volunteers and they pay for their own equipment and don't charge anyone. It is really a shame that some one with money doesn't step forward and give them a nice donation. I know their are plenty of millionaires in the Pittsburgh region, why don't they take this Mon Valley Dive Team under their wing and use them as a tax shelter instead of sending their money out of the region. These guys do a good job of trying save lives, and get no funding from anyone except donations. Mr. Yelle is a member of that team and they deserve better.
