HARWICHPORT – In July 2015, Brent Borodic took to the road to begin a night shift as a doctor and anesthesiologist at Eastern Maine Medical Center, but stopped temporarily when he saw a child lying on the side of the road: a child face down nearby. water.
Cautiously, Borodic pulled the boy, who also had serious head injuries, out of the water and stabilized him, Borodic’s wife, Sophie, said. When the boy was taken to the hospital, Brent Borodic arranged the hospital operating room to be in one position waiting for the child to arrive and performed the operation on the patient.
“It turned out that a guy wasn’t paying attention and knocked them down (the kids),” he said. “If it hadn’t been for Brent, the child would be alive. “
Brent Borodic, 39, who died in what is believed to be a twist of fate on Sept. 3, after all won an award for his heroism from Eastern Maine Medical in November 2015, his wife said, as he struggled to restrain himself. tears.
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But it was his conscientious, funny, and insightful personality; as well as his commitment to his two young people who have consistently attracted the attention of his fellow doctors, circle of family and friends of his life,” said Sophie Borodic.
“Brent so full of life: he was the glue that held other people together,” she said. “It’s just a surprise that he is suddenly gone. “
Brent Borodic, who recently resided in Brentwood, New Hampshire, was reported missing from The Port of Saquatucket in Harwich around 3 a. m. Sept. 3 through her brother, Christopher Borodic, said Sophie Borodic. The duo were making plans to fish on Borodic’s boat, which they had purchased on Long Island on the Monday before his death.
“Chris called the police and called me and told me they couldn’t find him anywhere,” she said. “They looked at the security footage and saw that once he went to the boat, he never left the area. “
According to a press release from the Harwich Fire Department, a Barnstable County dive team began a search at 5:40 a. m. At approximately 6:10 a. m. , divers discovered Borodic under his boat.
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While the incident is being investigated by Harwich Police and Massachusetts State Police, his death is believed to have been an accident.
In a telephone conversation, Robert Brackett, a detective sergeant with the Harwich Police Department, said there were no drugs or alcohol in the reported death.
After receiving the news, Sophie Borodic, a veterinarian, left her home in New Hampshire and headed straight to the harbor. During several visits to the site, he said the domain was “quiet and protected. “He said Borodic should have fallen, hit his head and ended up overboard.
“I kept looking to find out how this could have happened. But it turns out to be such a benign place,” he said. I still can’t. “
Laura Borodic, Brent Borodic’s sister, said she was convinced he slipped and hit his head. He knew how to swim very well, he said, and his death was an accident.
“He bought this boat last week,” he said. “We are heartbroken. “
An adventurer, Borodic can be discovered “in search of gunpowder,” his wife said, on the ski slopes of Maine and New Hampshire; hiking through ice fragments in the White Mountains of New Hampshire; and whitewater kayaking on the west arm of the Penobscot River.
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He and his brother Christopher kitesurfing in the oceans of Cape Cod, Mexico, Tarifa, Spain and the Florida Keys.
Always, his wife said, protection came first.
“He was meticulous and careful because he saw a lot of things in the medical picture, a lot of bad things were happening to people,” Sophie Borodic said. “Even with the kids, he always said he was looking to be as safe as you can imagine because he was looking to be there to take care of them. “
Laura Borodic said the fear of her brother’s protection spread to her family, friends and colleagues at the hospital.
Although she eventually transitioned to painting at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire, when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, Laura Borodic said her brother went out of her way to protect eastern Maine medical workers and get private protection. apparatus for your colleagues.
Even when equipment was scarce, Borodic began to think outside the box and learned that the knotting accessories used in shipyards were the same protective equipment used by hospital workers in the region. he himself and distributed them to the medical staff.
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“They put him in his truck and he drove and looked for any form of protective gear he could get,” he said.
“At the time, other people didn’t know what COVID was and he still had to go (to the hospital) every day and intubate other people. It was scary. But he overcame all that and helped in each and every case. “any and all ways he could. “She.
While the siblings were growing up in Canton, Brent Borodic, who is 11 years older than Laura, helped his sister identify her career as a pediatric dentist with special needs.
“Brent taught me to do a lot of things, I even learned how to stabilize patients through him,” he said. “Just knowing what I was doing in life had an effect on me. “
Her husband’s intuition to help others is part of his personality, Borodic said.
“He was outgoing, he shared everything with everyone,” he said. He has stood up for his peers and has been a positive force in the operating room. “
Brent Borodic was equally impressive outside the operating room, his wife said, always taking care of home projects, auto mechanics and also as a carpenter. He was never the time type, he would spend hours in the carpentry shop of his house, artistically creating furniture.
“He expanded his talents and learned a lot of things on his own,” said Sophie Borodic. where to start. “
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The furniture he built, Laura Borodic said, surprised other people. The quality impressed other people, in part because it was hard to realize how Borodic found the time to master the craft, as an anesthesiologist. And also because his hobby, which included burning wood, executed at such a high artistic level.
“People who do this for a living don’t even succeed at the point where he succeeded. Honestly, it’s painful to overlook your projects, because it almost feels like a mess,” he said. “He moved a lot of other people”with what he did in so many other abilities. “
Last week, Laura Borodic said, her brother told his siblings about his dreams.
“He said, ‘You never know what life is going to bring. ‘He said he didn’t expect anything,” he said. He told us to live our lives to the fullest. “
Borodic also faithful to his two sons, Grant Edward Borodic, 3; and Audrey Marie Borodic, 1. For Sophie Borodic, it is very heartbreaking to think of her young people growing up without knowing their father.
“So much knowledge, so much love, everything disappeared in an instant,” he said. “We only go out to perceive his absence. We go out to perceive and treat. I go out to locate anything that makes sense because none of that makes sense. “
Raising her children, she said her husband’s memory would be alive.
“It will be in everyone’s center, and mine. We’re just looking to locate our way,” he said.
Contact Rachael Devaney at rdevaney@capecodonline. com. Follow her on Twitter: @RachaelDevaney.
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