Witnesses pull woman from Lake Coeur d’Alene

A woman swimming at the city beach in Harrison, Idaho, on the south end of Lake Coeur d’Alene Friday was pulled from the water by fellow swimmers after she was spotted face down in the water. Witnesses told rescuers that she was in the water with her grandchildren and began swimming toward a swim dock shortly after 2 p.m., according to a press release from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The next time she was seen she was floating face down in the water. People pulled her out of the lake and began performing CPR. The woman, identified as 52-year-old Martha K. George of Colorado, was revived by paramedics and taken to Kootenai Health by a MedStar helicopter. She was listed in critical condition Friday evening. Officials do not know what caused the female to become unconscious but alcohol was not a factor, the Sheriff’s Office said.