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Woman & Her Two Would-Be Rescuers Rescued From Hudson River
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Gabrielle Sierra
Published Jul 20, 2014
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Two men plunged into the Hudson River yesterday to rescue a woman that had jumped into the water. Although all three had to be rescued by the FDNY, the incident still proved that some people are just really nice.
One of the men who jumped in after the woman told CBS New York, "I saw a crowd starting and we didn’t know what to do,” the man said. “I said ‘you’re going with me right?’ He said ‘yea.’ So I said ‘Alright let’s go, let’s do it because I can’t do it alone.’ We got over to the wall and help came.”
According to KWWL all three swimmers were taken to Hoboken University Hospital and are in stable condition.
Last year two good samaritans saved a woman that was attempting to jump off of the George Washington Bridge, so heres hoping that selflessness is trending.
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