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April 10, 2008

Man rescued from Bay after neighbors hear screams

A Warwick man was pulled from the water last night after neighbors heard him screaming for help.

Paul Hopkins, 32, of Friendship Avenue in Warwick, was boating on Narragansett Bay near Rocky Point around 11 p.m. when neighbors heard his screams and dialed 911.

When officials from the Warwick Fire Department arrived, they found Hopkins clinging to a mooring near Burnett Road and Priscilla Avenue, said Chief John Oliveira.

“We got there and before we could launch a boat, we figured it would be quicker to put some guys in dive suits,” he said. By then, Oliveira estimated, Hopkins had already been in the frigid water for at least 15 minutes.

Two firefighters went into the water and, within five minutes, pulled Hopkins to safety. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital to be treated for exposure, Oliveira said.

-- Journal staff writer Talia Buford

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