The distance was short.
The danger was not.
It was July 6, 2025, at a marina in Portage, Indiana. A 38-year-old man was aboard his boat when his dog slipped into the water.
The animal was clearly in distress.
The man jumped in after it.
The water was about six and a half feet deep. He was only about three feet from the dock, close enough that getting out should have been simple.
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Then he felt the electrical shock.
The water was electrified.
The man could not climb out on his own. He remained near the surface with his forearms raised and called to the people around him, warning them that he was being electrocuted.
Matthew Lubieniecki heard him.
Lubieniecki was 52 years old and worked as an assistant manager. He approached the edge of the marina dock and found the man still in the water.
The first problem was obvious. Someone had to reach him.
The second problem was less visible. The water itself was carrying the danger.
Lubieniecki could not safely jump in. Doing so would place him in the same electrically charged water and create another person who needed rescue.
Instead, he stayed on the dock.
He bent over the edge and placed one hand flat against the dock surface to brace himself. Then he extended his other arm toward the man.
The man raised his hands above the surface.
Lubieniecki reached lower and grasped his right hand.
Then he pulled.
The position was awkward. Lubieniecki was bent over the dock with one arm supporting his weight and the other carrying the man’s. Losing his balance could have pulled him into the water.
He held his position.
Lubieniecki pulled the man upward until he was able to bring him onto the dock.
The man was out.
His dog was still in the water.
Lubieniecki and his wife then removed the animal and placed it on the dock as well.
Both survived.
The man was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where doctors confirmed that he had been electrocuted. He was treated and released.
Lubieniecki did not leave the rescue without injury. He suffered a bite wound to his left hand and injured his left arm.
The event did not look dramatic from a distance. The man was only three feet from the dock. There was no current pulling him away and no long swim required to reach him.
But the danger was contained inside the water.
That changed how the rescue had to be done.
Lubieniecki could not enter the space where the man was trapped. He had to remain outside it, reach across the gap, and create enough leverage to lift an adult from deep water without falling in himself.
He used the dock as an anchor.
One hand held his body in place.
The other held the man.
That was enough.
What He Did And Why It Is Worth Noticing
Matthew Lubieniecki approached a man trapped in electrified marina water, braced himself against the dock, reached down, grasped the man’s hand, and pulled him to safety. He and his wife then removed the man’s dog from the water.
That is what he did.
It is worth noticing because the obvious response, jumping into the water to help, could have made the emergency worse. Lubieniecki recognized that he needed to reach the man without entering the same danger.
He did not need special equipment or a complicated plan. He needed a secure position, a strong grip, and enough control to keep both of them out of the water.
A man jumped in after his dog and became trapped by an electrical current he could not see. Lubieniecki stayed on the dock, reached down, and pulled him out.
That changed what happened next.
If someone was within arm’s reach but the water between you was electrified, would you trust your grip enough to pull them out?