Two Park Vista Lacrosse Players Save Children from Boynton Inlet Rip Current – Credit Lacrosse Conditioning for Endurance
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
This article appeared in the Palm Beach Post back on April 19 and was written by Hannah Winston. Thanks to Fred Barch for pointing it out to us! The picture used above is from the article.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/two-park-vista-seniors-risk-lives-at-boynton-inle/nfdWF/
Excerpt:
ATLANTIS — As soon as Sandy Barch heard her son, Collin, and his friend, TJ Preble, were caught in currents at the Boynton Inlet, it took her back to when her daughter was caught in its infamous tow years ago.
“I was terrified,” she said. “It brought back such horrible memories.”
This time, though, her son and his friend were the ones saving others.
On Friday afternoon, Park Vista High seniors Preble and Collin Barch, both 18, jumped into the Boynton Inlet to save two boys who had been swept away. Because of their quick reaction, the two boys were saved.
Preble, who struggled to stay above the water with the young boy pushing him under, was taken to JFK Medical Center and remained there under observation Saturday because of a fever. His mother, Zizah, said doctors worried he might get pneumonia, but said he should be released by Monday.
Collin and TJ are star players at Park Vista High School in Lake Worth. Here are pictures of them playing:
