Huntington Man Saved From Drowning; Dies in Hospital
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Updated: 11:07 PM Jul 3, 2008
Huntington Man Saved From Drowning; Dies in Hospital
Portsmouth Police say 37-year old Noel Sayre of Huntington was pulled from the pool in Wheelersburg, Ohio about 6pm on Tuesday. He later died at a local hospital.
Posted: 11:45 AM Jul 2, 2008
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PORTMSOUTH, Ohio— A man saved from nearly drowning at a community swimming pool died later that evening.

Portsmouth Police say 37-year old Noel Sayre of Huntington was pulled from the pool in Wheelersburg, Ohio about 6pm on Tuesday.

They say lifeguards immediately began giving Sayre CPR before he was taken to SOMC in Portsmouth..

Police say that Sayre’s girlfriend had recently been teaching him how to swim.

The Columbus Dispatch reported Thursday that Sayre died hours later in the hospital of what is believed to be a heart attack. An autopsy is being performed, according to the newspaper.

According to the Dispatch, Sayre was an accomplished violinist who played with the bands Pretty Mighty Mighty and the Black Swans. There is a memorial to Sayre on the Black Swans website, which we have linked to below.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 14, 2008 at 06:33 PM

I was there when he was pulled out of the water. I had been setting outside when one of my friends ran out and told me. We went back inside and all I saw was him laying on the concrete, and a few high school life guards attempting CPR. He was purple and there was a crowd of adults around him, but kids were kept away. He didn't move and I was walking through the parking lot with one of my close friends when an ambulance rushes in and almost runs me over. They took him out on the stretcher and he was still bright purple. One of my friend's mom is a nurse and took him into the room. I love the lifeguards there, as I know most of them, but they really aren't prepared should this happen.
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Posted by: Josh on Jul 19, 2008 at 11:35 PM

i was at the pool when this happend. a woman told the lifeguard that someone was drowning. he did not blieve her. then she pushed him in to show him. the lifeguard saw him at the bottom of the pool. then he started to do cpr. i think hs should get in trouble beacuse he did not even check to see if their was some one drowing
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Posted by: Anonymous on Jul 6, 2008 at 08:54 PM

to chris--young people are just that--young and inexperienced-performing cpr/rescue breathing on a person is MUCH different than a dummy--knowing exactly what to do in a emergency situation is difficult even for people who do it everyday--not just people who have "learned" about it. I am sure that this particular group of lifeguards will go over in their minds the situation and what could of, if anything be done differently. This will change their practice forever. Young people have to learn--just as babies have to learn to walk. In a professional discipline learning is a progressive task--it is started as a beginner, and goes though stages until a person is deemed as an expert provider. Not meant to be insulting to young people. Like i said, they are just young. Would you let a 1st year med student operate? No, it takes experience. I am sure that these lifeguards at the pool did the best they could. I have never been to this pool, but I have only seen teens as lifeguards at pools.
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