Emma Tetewsky.Photo:Facebook / Stoughton Police Department
Facebook / Stoughton Police Department
Police in Massachusetts are sharing chilling details about the recent rescue of a local woman who was found stuck in mud several days after she was reported missing.
Officers “were about knee-deep in mud” when they finally spotted her lying in the fetal position, McLaughlin said, according to independent Boston stationWHDH.
Three Easton police officers waded “through thick brush and swamp” to reach Tetewsky, the SPD said in Monday’s news release. Officials believe Tetewsky may have been trapped there “for at least three days.”
A muddy area in the Borderland State Park.Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty
Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty
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Officers initially attempted to pick up the missing woman, but McLaughlin said, “The weight of her on top of our body weight sunk us further,” according to the outlet.
Instead, the group formed a line to help her out of the mud, WHDH reported.
Easton Police Department
Tetewsky was then transferred to a utility terrain vehicle and brought to an ambulance, according to WHDH.
The woman was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton with serious but seemingly non-life-threatening injuries, the SPD said.
Barbara Zinaman, Tetewsky’s mother, toldThe Boston Globethat her daughter is recovering from dehydration, malnourishment and sunburns.
“We are just so thrilled that she was found. It’s a miracle that they found her,” said Zinaman, who was able to see her daughter alongside husband Avram Tetewsky on Monday, per the newspaper.
Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara said officials are also pleased that Tetewsky was found alive. “This was the outcome we hoped for and ultimately, this is a great story everyone — that she is safe and she was rescued,” she told reporters at Wednesday’s press conference, per WHDH.
Officials have not publicly speculated on how Tetewsky became stuck in the mud inside the state park.
“It’s going to take a long time for her to heal physically and emotionally,” family members told the outlet. “But she’s OK.”
source: people.com
