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Norwalk police: Man pulled from water Thursday, initially reported dead, is alive

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Norwalk police said Friday morning that a man pulled from the water Thursday, who police initially said had died, has actually survived.

Norwalk police spokesperson Lt. Jared Zwickler said in a Friday morning release that the man is alive and in the intensive care unit at Norwalk Hospital.

In a previous press release distributed Thursday, the department had said that he man was pronounced dead at the hospital, after apparently going underwater in the Norwalk Harbor. (The Courant also reported Thursday that the man had died.)

Police said on Thursday that callers reported a man screaming in the water near the end of Second Street.