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Services Planned For Worcester Officer Who Drowned Attempting To Save Teen Who Also Died Services Planned For Worcester Officer Who Drowned Attempting To Save Teen Who Also Died
Services Planned For Worcester Officer Who Drowned Attempting To Save Teen Who Also Died A Massachusetts police officer who drowned attempting to save a 14-year-old boy who also died will be laid to rest this week. Worcester Police Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia, age 38, will be laid to rest Thursday, June 10, at St. John’s Cemetery in Worcester, following a Mass at 10 a.m. at St. John’s Church, located at 44 Temple St., said the Worcester Police Department. The wake will be at the church on Wednesday, June 9 from 4s to 8 p.m. Familia died on Friday, June 4, after responding with four other officers to a report of a possible drowning in a pond at Green Hill Park, said t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Officer Dies Trying To Rescue 14-Year-Old Who Also Drowned In Massachusetts Pond Officer Dies Trying To Rescue 14-Year-Old Who Also Drowned In Massachusetts Pond
Officer Dies Trying To Rescue 14-Year-Old Who Also Drowned In Massachusetts Pond A police officer drowned after going into a pond in Massachusetts to try to rescue a teenage boy who also died. The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 4 in the pond at Green Hill Park in Worcester. The officer who died has been identified as five-year department member Enmanuel "Manny" Familia, age 38, Worcester Police said at a news conference Friday. He was located by divers at 2:28 p.m. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Four other officers also entered the water along with three other divers. Two other teenage boys were saved. The identity of the 14-year-old who…

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by Joe Lombardi