Police rescued a man and woman who suffered a near-drowning incident at a Swampscott beach.
Officers responding to reports of two swimmers in distress off Kings Beach near Mission on the Bay on Saturday found a man and woman who were struggling to stay afloat, according to police.
The swimmers said there were standing on a raft that got pushed nearly 250 yards offshore when they decided to jump off and try to swim back to the beach.
The officer responding to the incident swam out to where the two were struggling and was able to grab hold of the woman and guide her to shore.
The man was helped in by several onlookers.
Both were evaluated by paramedics.
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