'Good-hearted' cyclists rescue elderly man who fell in Ottawa River

An 83-year-old man was rescued from the Ottawa River by a pair of sharp-eyed cyclists after he slipped and fell in while feeding the birds Saturday morning, paramedics say.

Shortly after 11 a.m., Ottawa Fire Services received reports that a man had fallen into the water along the Sir George Étienne Cartier Parkway near Shefford Road.

Read more here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cyclist-rescue-river-1.3287330

 

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