A North Carolina man who was staying with his girlfriend at the InterContinental Boston last November faces charges of assault and battery on a family member after his arrest at their room, where police were called because of a loud argument and found his girlfriend with "multiple bruises" on her chest, back and arms - standing near a bed with what appeared to be blood stains. Read more.
Man pulls boy out of the frigid water.
A passerby who heard the screams of boys playing behind the Intercontinental Hotel rushed down a dock to rescue their playmate, who had fallen into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel this afternoon.
Tez Garcia, who was nearby taking pictures of the frozen harbor at the time, forwarded photos of the dramatic rescue, which happened around 3:30 p.m.
The kids, who had been playing by themselves on sleds on a mound of snow that ended right at the water a few feet away from the water-taxi dock, start looking for the missing boy - and screaming for help:
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