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An Oregon teen who did not know how to swim was listed in critical condition Tuesday after being under water for more than 30 minutes, officials said.
Cesar Campuzano, 15, was rescued by the Newberg Dive Rescue team and the sheriffรขโฌโขs marine patrol Monday evening, after he leaped into the river at Rogers Landing, Yamhill County Sheriffรขโฌโขs Office spokesman Capt. Tim Svenson said.
รขโฌลWhat happened was basically they [Campuzano and some friends] were down on the dock and they were all in the water, they knew he couldnรขโฌโขt swim and he said he couldnรขโฌโขt,รขโฌย Svenson said. รขโฌลThey thought he was joking, and as they were getting out he jumped in.รขโฌย
Svenson said three teenage boys tried to retrieve Campuzano out of the water but he kept crawling over them, proving too heavy to be lifted out of the water.
รขโฌลThey immediately got out and called 9-1-1,รขโฌย he said. รขโฌลWhen they called he had been under three minutes.รขโฌย
Law enforcement personnel were on the scene within 10 minutes, but it took 20 minutes for the fire departmentรขโฌโขs rescue dive team to get there, he said.
รขโฌลIt took 20 minutes for for the fire department to get to the station, to get a boat and the appropriate personnel รขโฌโ people equipped to dive,รขโฌย he said. รขโฌลAlso there are part-time/volunteer members and we were waiting for them to assemble, because many had just been given off of work or were called in. As soon as the fire department heard the call that was the quickest they could get together.รขโฌย
Authorities were able to locate Campuzano nine minutes after arriving รขโฌโ totaling about 30 minutes he was completely submerged, Svenson said.
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