Gordon Penner, a boat captain with Splash Dash tours, helped rescue an autistic teenage boy after he apparently jumped into the Red River Tuesday morning.
By Jillian Austin | CNews
WINNIPEG – A teenage boy is recovering in hospital after being pulled from the Red River in a dramatic water rescue Tuesday morning.
Staff from Splash Dash boat tours noticed the boy in the water at The Forks near the main docks and called 911 before setting out on the water around 10:30 a.m.
“An autistic boy jumped into the water … off the walkway,” said Gord Cartwright, owner of Splash Dash tours. “Our staff noticed what had happened and they put a boat into the water to do a rescue.”
Captain Gordon Penner set out immediately to help the boy, along with Barry Horan who was out for a morning run along the Red River.
Witnesses estimated the boy looked to be 15 or 16 years old.
The boy did not take hold of the life preservers or hooks that rescuers were tossing to him.
Eventually Horan and a member of the Winnipeg Police Service jumped in the water and successfully pulled him onto the boat.
The entire ordeal took about 15 minutes. Police say the boy is doing fine and is in “good spirits.”
Source: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/08/24/15127696.html
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