A young man who fell into the River Lee at low tide was rescued after some quick thinking from the Cork City Fire Brigade saw him lifted to safety by a stretcher and a crane.
The urgent rescue took place at around 5.45pm on Wednesday, shortly after a shocked passer by saw the man fall into the river from Sullivan's Quay and raised the alarm.
One person attempted to save the distressed man by throwing a buoy into the river, but it took a team of firefighters, and a crane attached to a stretcher to bring the man to safety.
Two firefighters attached to ropes climbed down into the river and ensured the man's head was above water as a matter of urgency, a third fireman was then lowered down by crane holding onto a stretcher.
The team managed to load the casualty onto the stretcher, who was alert and talking to his rescuers as he was lifted through the air, with a fireman holding on to the ropes next to him.
A crowd of onlookers watched anxiously as the young man made it back onto the quay and was taken away in an ambulance, though he did not appear to be badly injured.
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