Teen in critical condition after being pulled from Sasamat Lake

By Jeremy Shepherd ● Public Safety ● July 23, 2023

A 14-year-old boy has been hospitalized and is in critical condition after nearly drowning at Sasamat Lake on Saturday, according to a release from the Port Moody Police Department.

Beach-goers and Metro Vancouver parks staff pulled the unresponsive teen from the lake at about 4 p.m. and performed CPR.

After getting a report of a possible drowning, firefighters and paramedics scrambled to the scene, treated the boy, and arranged for him to be airlifted to hospital.

The beach was temporarily evacuated to land the Air Ambulance.

“This was a very traumatic incident and there were hundreds of people on the beach when it occurred,” stated Port Moody Police Department media relations officer Const. Sam Zacharias in a release.

Zacharias asked anyone who knows the victim or was impacted by the near-drowning to call Victim Services at 604-937-1313.

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A chiropractor and a folk singer, after having one great kid, decided to push their luck and have one more, a boy they named Jeremy Shepherd.

Shepherd grew up around Blue Mountain Park in Coquitlam, following a basketball around and trying his best to get to the NBA (it didn’t work out, at least not yet).

With no career plans after graduating Porter Elementary school, Jeremy Shepherd pursued higher education at Como Lake Middle School and eventually, Centennial High School.

Approximately 1,000 movies and several beers later in life, Shepherd made a change.

Having done nothing worth writing, he decided to see if he could write something worth reading.

Since graduating journalism school at Langara College, Shepherd has been a reporter, editor and, reluctantly, a content provider for community newspapers around Metro Vancouver for more than 10 years.

He worked with dogged reporters, eloquently indignant curmudgeons and creative photographers, all of whom shared a little of what they knew.

Now, as he goes about the business of raising two fascinating humans alongside a wonderful partner, Shepherd is delighted to report news and tell stories in the Tri-Cities.

He runs, reads, and is intrigued by art, science, smart cities and new ideas. He is pleased to meet you.

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