Woman rescued after kayak capsizes in charles river, Cambridge MA


Emergency responders performed a water rescue for a woman whose kayak capsized in the Charles River near Memorial Drive in Cambridge. The woman was wearing a life vest and was rescued from the water with a head injury.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire
02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, engine 2, ladder 3, rescue 1, with the dive unit. Squad 2, Division 1, Marine Boat 1, respond to 500 Memorial Drive for the water rescue. Caller reports a woman in a kayak cathise asking for help. Again, that's engine 2, ladder 3, rescue 1 with the dive unit. Squad 2, Division 1, with Marine Boat 1, respond to 500 Memorial Drive for the water rescue.
00:27
Women in the kayak capsize asking for help. Operate Channel 16. Engine 2, ladder 3, rescue 1 with the dive unit. Squad 2, Division 1, Marine Boat 1, responding to 500-man-mull drive for the water rescue. Operate channel 16. 10. Engine 1, fire alarm. Fire alarm, answering engine 1.
00:55
See, you put us on that water rescue, we have a diver. Receive doesn't one, responding memorial drive-through diver, 1811. Division I to file him. Fire alarm answering Division I, answering Division I. We'll respondent to the diver's. Just to confirm, this individual's...
01:24
Up, uh, in the river, Opposite, Fivewoods in Memorial Drive. Has on a light vests, but not in distresses that we've been. Recease. What, uh, fire, I'm answering squad two to fire on.
01:49
We'll be off in the area. We'll have command. Received squad 2, on location in the area, taking command operating channel 16, 1813. Engine 2 calls on-oiland. Fire alarm answering engine 2.
02:15
if she says the head injury, we get pro down here at 500 bed drives. Received engine 2, reported that swimmer is out of the water with a head injury, we'll start pro.
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Location mentioned:
Next House, 500 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139
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