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Firefighters rescue man from Cedar River
Gazette staff
Apr. 23, 2022 5:13 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — A man in the Cedar River, clinging to a concrete wall, was rescued Saturday afternoon by fire crews.
Authorities said the man, who they did not identify, was spotted before 1 p.m. on the river’s west bank near First Avenue and First Street W. They did not say how he came to be in the water.
Rescuers threw ropes over the wall to the man, who was growing weak holding on, and lowered a firefighter down to secure him. A boat was launched and crews plucked the man — and the firefighter — to safety.
He was evaluated by an Area Ambulance crew, but the Fire Department said it does not know if the man was taken to a hospital.
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