BY DAN HILDEBRAN
During the Bradford County Commission’s October 1 meeting, Commissioner Diane Andrews thanked Sheriff Gordon Smith and Fire Rescue Chief Ben Carter for their agencies’ response to a Brooker-area drowning on September 21.
Two-year-old Rhett Carson Green died in a pond on his family’s property.
Sheriff Gordon Smith said the toddler was sleeping with a family member at their residence. When the family member woke up, the two-year-old was missing.
Smith added that deputies and paramedics responding to the tragedy underwent peer counseling during debriefing.
“You’ve got to realize this is the same group that responded to a suicide this weekend,” the sheriff said. “The same group dealt with the suffocation of two twins a while ago, and they’ve all got kids themselves.”
Andrews asked community members to continue praying for the Green family.
“It is very hard,” she said.
