Jewish teens help save drowning man with swastika tattoo
Four Jewish teenagers helped to save the life of a man with a swastika tattoo who was drowning in a local reservoir.
The four students at a Massachusetts Jewish school, happened to be walking past Chestnut Hill Reservoir on May 17 when they saw a body in the water, according to NBC Boston.
The eagle-eyed teens also spotted the nearby patrol car driven by a Boston College police officer, Carl Mascioli.
"Two of them ran up to my car and said there was a body in the water," Mr Mascioli told the news station.
The officer then rushed down the embankment, where he saw the unidentified man’s body partially submerged in the reservoir and motionless.
As he pulled the man out of the water, Mr Mascioli noticed the anti-Semitic symbol on the victim’s hand — and he felt the boys should know about it.
"I kind of let the gentlemen know sometimes some deeds have a funny way of turning around," Mr Mascioli said.
He added "their good deed had a little bit of a twist to it,"
The man was sent to a hospital and is expected to recover, but police say he didn’t have much time left when the young men discovered him.
Mr Mascioli said he probably wouldn’t have seen the victim on his own, and he has no idea how he ended up in the water.
Mr Mascioli said the Jewish teens also had a message for the man they helped to save.
"They wanted just to let him know that it was four young Jewish boys that helped save his life," adding that he made sure he delivered the message.
Officer Mascioli told NBC Boston the teenagers, who are not permitted to speak with the media, have no regrets at all.
"A good deed is a good deed and that's part of life,” he said.
“We should be helping everybody out.”
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