HOPE (NEWS CENTER Maine) — A woman drowned Wednesday night while swimming in Alford Lake after an apparent medical episode, Knox County's chief sheriff's deputy said in a release.
Chief Deputy Tim Carroll said Helen Segall, 87, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, was swimming about 25 yards from shore when it is believed she experienced a medical event.
Segall's husband Stanley Segall, 89, told deputies his wife started raising her hands for assistance, appeared disoriented in the water and all of a sudden stopped moving.
Stanley said he immediately jumped in, pulled her back to shore and started performing CPR while a neighbor called 911.
Paramedics pronounced Helen dead at the scene.
Helen and Stanley were vacationing together at their summer home on Hideaway Drive in Hope.
