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National News: Happy new year, indeed; duo saves man from South Sask. River
Published: Jan 08, 2008 - 11:16 AM
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/18999381-a686-495f-8661-8264cdefbb6b/1rescue.jpg>Saskatoon cyclists Scott Paisley (left) and Gerald Reshetnyk rescued a man from the river Sunday after going on the ice and using a backpack to reach him.
A sunny sky. Fellow outdoorsmen enjoying the day. Snow-covered trees. Those are things Scott Paisley may have expected to see on Sunday afternoon. Looking over the side of the Victoria Bridge and seeing a man being carried away by the South Saskatchewan River? Definitely unexpected. But that's the situation Paisley was faced with.
The chance glimpse likely saved the life of a middle-aged man who tumbled into the freezing water after falling off his bicycle moments earlier. Paisley and friend Gerald Reshetnyk, who were also on bicycles, had been travelling towards the city's downtown core when Paisley noticed the man struggling in the water. The pair rushed to the river's edge, where Paisley called 911 before joining Reshetnyk, who had crawled out onto an ice shelf and thrown the 50-year-old man a backpack to pull him in. Saskatoon Fire and Protective Services arrived shortly after.
... go to the Star Phoenix for the rest
A sunny sky. Fellow outdoorsmen enjoying the day. Snow-covered trees. Those are things Scott Paisley may have expected to see on Sunday afternoon. Looking over the side of the Victoria Bridge and seeing a man being carried away by the South Saskatchewan River? Definitely unexpected. But that's the situation Paisley was faced with.
The chance glimpse likely saved the life of a middle-aged man who tumbled into the freezing water after falling off his bicycle moments earlier. Paisley and friend Gerald Reshetnyk, who were also on bicycles, had been travelling towards the city's downtown core when Paisley noticed the man struggling in the water. The pair rushed to the river's edge, where Paisley called 911 before joining Reshetnyk, who had crawled out onto an ice shelf and thrown the 50-year-old man a backpack to pull him in. Saskatoon Fire and Protective Services arrived shortly after.
... go to the Star Phoenix for the rest
