A Port St. Lucie police officer is being recognized after a rescue that started with a faint voice near the Saint Lucie River and ended with a missing woman being brought back to safety.

According to WPTV reporting by Kayla McDermott, Officer Corey Krecic has been nominated for a regional LEO Award after helping rescue a 37-year-old woman who had been missing for nearly 48 hours in October 2025.

WPTV reported that Krecic was assigned to the gang intelligence unit when he heard radio traffic that responders may have heard a woman near the Saint Lucie River. Crews could faintly hear her, but they did not have a clear way to reach her.

Krecic found a nearby civilian boat owner and asked for help, the station reported. The boat took them toward the stranded woman, and Krecic then got into the water to reach her.

“I had to go in some nasty water to get to her,” Krecic told WPTV, adding that alligator eyes were visible in the water. He said arriving even a few hours later could have been fatal because of the woman’s exhaustion, lack of food and lack of water.

Once the woman was safely aboard the boat, Krecic told the outlet there was a “huge sense of relief” and that she kept thanking the rescuers during the ride back to land.

The LEO Award recognizes law-enforcement officers in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, according to WPTV. Krecic said the nomination is an honor, but that helping someone matters more to him than being called a hero.

“I love what I do and being able to help somebody like that means more to me than anything,” he told WPTV.

For ThinBlueNews readers, the story is a reminder that many lifesaving police moments are not scripted or clean. Sometimes they are a radio call, a willing boat owner, dangerous water, and an officer deciding that the person yelling for help is not waiting alone.

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