SAUGUS Your Local News in 6 Languages. Subscribe to Advocate Online! C TE D AT CAT Vol. 25, No.33 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, August 18, 2023 SURROUNDED BY SHARKS A Saugus River Rescue Chief ricciardelli credits two Saugus police offi cers with saving a distraught man from drowning By Mark E. Vogler S augus Police Officers Ryan Bancroft and Athanasios Limbanovnos are being hailed as heroes after pulling a Lynn man from the Saugus River. “If it were not for the calmness, courage and quick actions displayed by Officer Bancroft and Offi cer Limbanovnos, the man would have succumbed to drowning,” Saugus Police Chief Michael Ricciardelli said. Shortly before midnight on Monday (Aug. 14), Saugus police received an emergency 911 call from a passerby reporting that a man jumped off the Fox Hill Bridge into the Saugus River. Officers Bancroft and Limbanovnos were among about two dozen Saugus and Lynn police offi cers and Saugus fi refi ghters – including the Marine Unit – who responded to the call soon after and launched a search. Initially, they were unable to fi nd the man who jumped into the water. But Offi cer Bancroft spotted the man in the water near the Ayla LeBlanc hangs out by the bulletin board in the children’s room of the Saugus Public Library with about 300 colorful shark cutouts fashioned by her and the many Saugus students who took part in the shark-themed summer reading program called “Reading is Jawsome.” Please see inside for “The Sounds of Saugus” and a closer look at the bulletin board. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Amy Melton, head of the Children’s Department at the Library) ~ Home of the Week ~ SAUGUS...Well maintained 6 room, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath cape style home on a dead-end street. Great for the first-time home buyer. Spacious 25’ living room, dining room, kitchen and full bath on the 1st floor. Updates include newer roof 2020, furnace and tankless hot water heater (2007). Back yard White fence and concrete retaining wall (2016). Propane heated inground pool. Pool heater has had new parts installed. Covered patio. Great for summer BBQ’s and entertaining. 3 car off-street parking and nice level side yard. Offered at $489,900. View all our listings at: CarpenitoRealEstate.com iht 335 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 (781) 233-7300 f th y View the interior of this home right on your smartphone. g ANGELO’S A FULL SERVICE 1978-2023 Celebrating 45 Years in Business! Regular Unleaded $3.539 MidUnleaded $3.989 Super $4.189 Diesel Fuel $4.159 Heating Oil at the Pump $4.759 $3.59 9 DEF HEATING OI 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS Hours. Mon.-Wed. 6AM - 6PM / Thurs. & Fri. 6AM - 7PM / Sat. 7AM / Sun. 9AM-5PM Fox Hill Yacht Club about 20 minutes later. He appeared to be in distress, yelling for help as he struggled while sinking beneath the surface several times. “He was in water over his head and kept going under,” Chief Ricciardelli said. “He wasn’t going to make it much longer,” the chief said. The tide was moving in as the current pushed the man close to a stone wall near the Fox Hill Yacht Club. “He had come up against this wall, but he couldn’t get up over it. He just fell back, and he didn’t appear to be a very strong swimmer,” the chief said. “The two officers had to slide down a steep wall and gradually go into the water to pull the man out. It was a very steep incline. The offi cers said he collapsed after they pulled him out of the water,” the chief said. Chief Ricciardelli said the man appeared to be “in a mental health crisis” when he jumped off the bridge. “It was not for fun.” RIVER RESCUE | SEE PAGE 2 Prices subject to change DIESEL TRUCK STOP FLEET
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