Boy, 3, hospitalized after near drowning in Silver Lake - Longview Daily News
Dumpster divers: Scavengers know it's not all garbage in trash cans Greg Zanis has been “looking for gold” since 1955. Of course, “gold” is a very loose term. A retired Kelso police lieutenant rescued a 3-year-old boy who nearly drowned in Silver Lake on Wednesday afternoon, but the boy continued to battle for his life in a Portland hospital as evening approached. , was boating on the north county lake with his son Patrick when their 12-foot rental boat capsized at about noon. Vest and his son were the only ones in the boat, which was rented from the Silver Lake Resort, said Charlie Rosenzweig, Cowlitz County’s chief criminal deputy. At some point he got up and stepped on the gunwale, causing the boat to roll and flip both himself and his son into the water, Rosenzweig said in a press release. A nearby boater, retired Kelso Police Captain John Sewell, saw the mishap, pulled Patrick out of the lake and brought Vest and his son back to shore. Although Patrick was wearing a flotation device, he went into the water face down and couldn’t turn over. Michael Vest told officials he couldn’t help his son because he was tangled in lily pads. He estimated Patrick was face down about two minutes. Source: tdn.com
