{"id":105811,"date":"2025-07-30T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105811\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T21:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:21:15","slug":"man-dies-after-dramatic-rescue-attempt-at-woodlawn-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105811\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after dramatic rescue attempt at Woodlawn Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A typical Wednesday morning stroll along Woodlawn Lake soon became a split-second, life-saving situation for Katrina Mijares. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Mijares, a former SeaWorld lifeguard, told KSAT she walked near the lake when she noticed a group of people who spotted a man struggling in the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When the man\u2019s arms stopped flailing, Mijares said her instincts kicked in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI just did what I felt like I should do,\u201d Mijares said. \u201cI took off my shoes and my headphones and I just started swimming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She said another bystander jumped in the water to help her carry the man to higher ground. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The San Antonio Fire Department, the San Antonio Police Department and other emergency responders arrived on the scene at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday. They began performing chest compressions on the man. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to Mijares, first responders said they found a pulse on the man. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An SAFD spokesperson said the man was taken to a nearby hospital for further treatment. On Wednesday afternoon, an SAPD spokesperson later confirmed to KSAT that the unidentified man jumped into the lake and appeared to be struggling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The man was later pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI just came for a walk, and you never know what\u2019s in front of you,\u201d Mijares said. \u201cIf we saved a life today, then I\u2019m very grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAPD said its investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>More local news coverage on KSAT: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A typical Wednesday morning stroll along Woodlawn Lake soon became a split-second, life-saving situation for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,18477,14357,7202,7203,7725,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,17538],"class_list":{"0":"post-105811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-northwest-side","10":"tag-safd","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-sapd","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-woodlawn-lake"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114944283977624147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}