Charley Torres helped to save a woman from drowning, Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador, November 9, 2015. A distressed woman intentionally leapt, fully clothed, from a remote, rocky shoreline into a cove of the Atlantic Ocean as police officers, including Torres, 25, approached. The woman called for help in frigid, deep water as she was carried from shore. Another officer jumped into the ocean and began to swim toward the woman but, weighed down by her gear, she returned to the water’s edge to remove it. Torres removed his bulletproof vest and duty belt and jumped into the water. Torres swam to the woman, who clung to an exposed rock above the water and, grasping her from behind, towed her back toward the rocky shoreline. The other officer also grasped her, and as waves broke over Torres and the officer at the shore’s edge, the woman resisted them. Ultimately, Torres and the officer pulled the woman onto the slippery shore and away from the water. Medical personnel evaluated the woman and Torres, who were cold. They recovered. 89297-10014
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