Recent Events at Sandy Beach

LMPA Mem­bers and Neighbors:

As you may have heard, a tragedy occurred yes­ter­day at Sandy Beach around 5 pm.    A 9 year old boy was pulled from the water after being sub­merged for 10–15 min­utes.   Local res­i­dents sprung into action in order to locate and bring the boy to shore where life sav­ing efforts were made by pro­fes­sion­als who had arrived on the scene.    As of Sun­day evening, the boy was being treat­ed at UMASS Memo­r­i­al Hos­pi­tal in Worces­ter.

Although it does­n’t reduce the sig­nif­i­cance of this tragedy, it is impor­tant to know that this occurred well after Fam­i­ly Fun Day had con­clud­ed and that the boy did not attend the event ear­li­er that day.     Some news reports have erro­neous­ly report­ed that the near drown­ing occurred dur­ing the Fam­i­ly Fun Day Event.

This will be a top­ic of dis­cus­sion at tonight’s meet­ing of the Gen­er­al Mem­ber­ship.   We hope to see you there.
Thank you,

The Offi­cers and Board of the Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Association