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10A WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22,1994 — TEXAS CITY SUNReliving a rescueOn April 10,6-year-old Arnold Sanchez Jr. nearly drowned after he fell from a small raft off the Texas City Dike.Sanchez was pulled from the water by two local men, John Mathews and Joel Herrera.Sanchez launched his flat-bottomed boat and pulled the boy out of the water.Herrera performed CPR until the boat reached shore and Texas City Fire Department paramedics took over.Sanchez is fine now and watched the production of an upcoming episode of the TV drama show Rescue 911 titled 6-Year-Old Castaway, to be aired sometime in the fall.The Rescue 911 crew was in Galveston County last week on location at the Texas City Dike and UTMB in Galveston.While in town, the show employed some local people for production assistants and extras.A Sanchez look-alike dummy used for the scenes where the young man is floating in the water lies on a boat trailer while Genero Perez, who portrays Sanchez, runs to a scene the crew is shooting in the water.Arnold Sanchez Jr. plays with his sister Teresa in the surf of the Texas City Dike while the taping of his episode of Rescue 911 goes on down the beach. Despite nearly drowning on April 10, Sanchez is not afraid of the water.John Mathews, left, holds 6-year-old Arnold Sanchez Jr. while Joei Herrera stands next to them during a break on the set. Mathews and Herrera were the two men who hopped into a boat and rescued Sanchez from Galveston Bay. Mathews drove the boat and pulled Sanchez into the craft. Herrera performed CPR on the boy until they reached shore and firefighters took over.A Rescue 911 cameraman shoots a scene from the water off the Texas City Dike while director Dan Jackson, third from left, watches the action unfold.Rescue 911 cameraman Patrick Higgins tapes actor Mario Alberto, who portrays rescuer Joel Herrera, while he pulls Genaro Nito Perez, who plays the part of Arnold Sanchez Jr., from the water.Marshall Smith, a production assistant in charge of keeping the crew fed and cooled off with cold drinks, passes production assistant Emily Terrazas and producer Christie Beyer, left, a plate of watermelon. Rescue 911 used some area residents for production assistants. Smith is from Webster and Terrazas is from Galveston.Sun photos by Dwight C. Andrews
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Texas City Sun
Texas City, Texas, US
Wed, Jun 22, 1994
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