SEATAC, Wash. — SeaTac firefighters rescued a man Monday night who had apparently walked or swam out into Bow Lake.
Firefighters were dispatched to help the SeaTac Police Department at 9:47 p.m.
Shortly before that, officers had been called after hotel guests in the area heard a man yelling for help from the lake, which is just east of International Boulevard between the 18100 and 18500 blocks.
Police officers found the man about 20 feet from the shore and had tried to persuade him to leave the lake for about 30 minutes.
When he refused, water-rescue firefighters in dry suits waded in to bring the man to shore. A fire department boat was also at the scene but was not needed.
At first the man refused to leave the lake, but after 20 to 30 more minutes was rescued from the extremely cold water. King County paramedics evaluated the man and found him to be extremely hypothermic with a very low core body temperature. Medics treated him at the scene and transported him to a local hospital.
It is unclear why the man was in the lake. Police said that he was not a suspect and was not being chased by officers.