Women's quick response saves man from drowning
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Save The women rescued the man from the Taruheru River. Photo / The Gisborne Herald
Four women rescued a man from drowning late this morning in the Taruheru River that flows through the centre of Gisborne.
He was found face-down in the water by the women on the eastern side of the Peel Street Bridge at 10.30am.
Two of them jumped in and helped drag
the 51-year-old man to the bank.
They called the police and ambulance.
The man was placed on a stretcher, wrapped in an exposure blanket and taken to Gisborne Hospital.