Sean Malone Critical Condition After Near-Drowning: ‘Gone Baby Gone’ Actor Rescued By 3 Teens & Firefighter

Sean Malone remains in critical condition following a near-drowning. Famed for Gone Baby Gone, Sean was swimming in the oceans near Massachusetts’ coast on July 20 when he began to struggle for survival, reported MSN.

Malone, 54 was seen by a firefighter who was off duty. Chris Flaherty recognized Sean’s critical condition in the waters off a beach in South Boston. Flaherty halted his workout and, with a paddle board to help with the rescue, headed out to try to save Malone.

However, as Chris battled the water to try to rescue the actor, the firefighter received unexpected and much-needed assistance from a boat filled with three teenagers, reported the Boston Globe.

Malone’s brother is Deputy Fire Chief Scott Malone, and Sean’s firefighter rescuer, Chris, is known as an expert diver. But as Flaherty tried to locate Sean, who was under water, two 17-year-olds, Joey Binda and Elliott Chauvet, and John Feeney, 18, recognized that help was needed to save the Gone Baby Gone actor.

Originally out in the water to ski and go tubing, the teens responded to Flaherty’s arm waves for assistance. The quartet then sought to find Malone.

Chris managed to locate Sean, swim out to him, and bring him back to the boat. The teens helped him get on board, as well as in CPR as Binda powered back to shore.

“Get him to shore as fast as you can,” said Chris urgently.

Once they were back on shore, other firefighters, State Police and EMS staff came to help. Malone was listed in critical condition.

“I’m really glad that nobody panicked. I’m just glad we got to rescue him. It brought me and my friends a lot closer,” said 17-year-old Binda.”It’s kind of awesome that we saved a guy’s life.”

And his parents were proud.

“They all keep saying what good of a job we’ve done,” he said of rescuing Sean.

Although it is known that Malone is in critical condition, the details of the actor’s prognosis are not known. In the case of Bobbi Kristina Brown, who was found unconscious face-down in a bathtub, a medically induced coma was administered to reduce the brain swelling from her own near-drowning, as the Inquisitr reported.

Dependent on a feeding tube and ventilator, Bobbi Kristina was kept sedated in an attempt to help her brain heal from the lack of oxygen.

“In someone young we definitely give her a chance to recover as much as possible, so it is not surprising that they’re keeping her sedated for a long time,” explained Dr. Rafael Ortiz of the 22-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

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