Unconscious Man Found Underwater Rescued By 2 'Heroes': Stamford PD

STAMFORD, CT — A man is alive today due to the heroic actions of Carlos Manuel Escobar Bonilla and Luis Montano, police said.

Bonilla and Montano are credited with saving a man’s life at Cummings Beach at 11:10 p.m. Monday.

Emergency crews responded to a report of a man drowning at Cummings Beach. Bonilla said he saw the man in the water was having trouble, so his friend Montano quickly took off his clothes and dove into the water to save the man, police said.

Montano was able to grab the drowning victim, who was now underwater about twenty yards out in the Long Island Sound, police said. Montano pulled the victim to shore, where Bonilla assisted with lifting the unconscious man out of the water, police said.

The two men carried the unconscious man up to the parking area and Bonilla quickly began CPR, police said. After about a minute of performing CPR, the victim began to cough and breathe on his own, police said.

Stamford EMS and Fire arrived and then continued life-saving measures. The victim was then transported by Stamford EMS to Stamford Hospital and is currently in the ICU, but expected to survive, police said.

"Congratulations to these two HEROES!" police said.

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