For the 18-year-old and his father, who watched the Boston Celtics' narrow win over the Chicago Bulls at the TD Garden on Friday night, a night of celebration turned into a moment of heroism as he raced to save the youth. . Man. a person falling into the water outside the stadium.
Around 10 p.m. Friday on Friday, 18-year-old Finn Conner and his father Ryan Conner were walking to their car parked outside Charlestown's TD Garden after a Celtics win when Finn heard a man screaming for help, he told NBCBoston. journalists.
Finn Conner ran for help and found a drowned man on the shore between the Massachusetts State Police Marine Division barracks and the TD Garden Arena. The 18-year-old told the news channel that someone at the scene had already tried to pull him out of the water and he ran to help.
Finn Conner told reporters from NBCBoston the pair were about 5 to 10 feet from shore when they arrived to help the drowning man. Ryan Conner arrived immediately to rescue his son. Conners grabbed the injured man's limbs and successfully helped pull the victim ashore.
Authorities said the man was unconscious but was breathing when he returned to the ground.
"One of the boy's ears appeared to be partially detached. He was bleeding from his other ear and had a softball-sized bump on his forehead," Finn Conner told NBCBoston the day after the incident.
Shortly after the man was pulled out of the water, first responders arrived at the scene of the accident. He was taken to a Boston hospital to be treated for his injuries.
Police said they don't know how he got into the water and are currently investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Authorities have not released a definitive statement on the man's current condition.
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