RESCUE workers in Belfast have saved a person from the River Lagan after they had entered the water on Tuesday evening.
An update from the Community Rescue Service, Belfast District, shared details of the multi-agency response.
“Our volunteers were tasked to the River Lagan to a person who had entered the river and was in distress,” a spokesperson said.
“Our volunteers launched our emergency response boat and quickly made their way to the casualty, where, along with our colleagues from the Northern Ireland Fire And Rescue Service extracted the casualty from the river and provided first aid before handing the casualty into the care of our colleagues in Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.”
They continued: “We would like to thank all Emergency Response Agencies in attendance during this incident, thus preventing another life being taken by the River.”
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