Father in Cardiac Arrest After Saving Son in Creek, Rescuer Also Hospitalized

At around 10:32 a.m. today (5th), a father in his 40s who was trying to rescue his elementary school-aged son, who had fallen into a creek in Sugok-ri, Geunnam-myeon, Uljin-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, and another man in his 40s who helped him, were rescued in a state of cardiac arrest.

According to fire authorities and witnesses, after the child playing in the creek drifted away in the current, the father and the other man went into the water together to effect a rescue.

After rescuing the child, both men fell into cardiac arrest in the water and were rescued by 119 rescue workers and rushed to the hospital.

The child is reportedly safe.

Slightly earlier at around 10:29 a.m., a report was received that people swimming off the coast near Mangyang-ri, Giseong-myeon, Uljin-gun, were unable to come ashore.

Rescue workers dispatched upon receiving the report rescued two men in their 50s from the scene in a state of cardiac arrest and transported them to the hospital.

Police and fire authorities are investigating the exact circumstances of the two accidents based on statements from witnesses.
 
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