Indian students rescued from Texas lake critical
Houston, Aug. 29: Two Indian students are critical after they nearly drowned in a swollen lake in the US state of Texas, where Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc, affecting about 1,00,000 IndianAmericans living here.
The Indians identified Nikhil Bhatia and Shalini, both students at the Texas A&M University, were rescued from the Lake Bryan, where they had gone swimming, on Saturday.
According to the Bryan police, an officer patrolling the lake was flagged down by a person who said two people swimming in the lake were in distress. The person who alerted the officer was with the two students, both in their 20s. He had managed to rescue one of them, while the police officer rescued the other one and treated both of them with Cardiopulmonary resuscitation until medical help arrived.
The students were taken to St Joseph Hospital, where their condition is stated to be critical. It was not immediately clear as to why they were swimming in the severe weather.
India’s Consul-General in Houston has been monitoring the two students’ medical needs and the situation closely.
According to the consulate, Nikhil is yet to show signs of improvement, while Shalini showed some improvement on Tuesday for the first time since she was admitted to the hospital.
— PTI