I almost started crying myself…
Quick response saves sword victim
By Debra Glidden
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
NAHANT - Police received an unusual 911 call at 12:27 Sunday afternoon.
Nevin Pothier, a 13-year-old boy, who is a student at Swampscott Middle School, was "playing with a sword" and severed his femoral artery.
Lt. Thomas Hutton, who was the first on the scene, said the teen, was bleeding profusely.
"He was playing with a three foot sword and it went approximately three inches into his body in the groin area. The sword was razor sharp and cut the femoral artery," Hutton said.
Hutton said he tried to get the bleeding under control until help arrived.
"It was critical situation. Someone can bleed out in just as little as two or three minutes. The fire department did an excellent job responding," Hutton said.
Fire Lt. Edward Hyde and Firefighter Adam Hatfield, who were manning the town-owned ambulance were the next on the scene.
"It was a pretty good wound and was bleeding profusely," Hatfield said.
Pothier's mother, Jean Inglis, said her son remained calm throughout the incident and she was very proud of him.
Inglis credited Hutton, Hyde and Hatfield with saving her son's life.
"They arrived almost immediately and were very professional," Inglis said as she sat by her son's hospital bed Tuesday afternoon.
The teen, who is a former martial arts student, was transported to Salem Hospital, where he is in stable condition and his mother said he is expected to be released later this week.
According to police, Inglis and his aunt were at home with the teen when the incident occurred.
According to Hutton, possession of a sword or machete is not a crime as long as it is not taken outside the home or used to commit a crime.
"There will not be any charges filed in connection with the incident," Hutton said.
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