Construction worker dangles from crane to pull woman out of river after boat overturns
A construction worker in the US hung from a crane to save the life of a woman trapped in a whirlpool at the base of a dam.
The woman's boat overturned near the dam on Des Moines River in Iowa yesterday. Her husband was killed in the accident.
“I saw the boat drift down, and hit the bridge base,” construction worker Joe Lowe told local media. “[The husband] tried to wrap it up with an anchor or line and then I heard him holler at his wife, put your life jacket on. He didn't have one on.”
The life jacket meant she stayed afloat for more than half an hour, as construction worker Jason Oglesbee (pictured) was rigged up to a crane, which had been maneuvered from a nearby work site, to dangle over the river.
“They just harnessed me in and dipped me down in the water and I grabbed her,” he told local media.
The body of the husband was pulled from the water about 25 minutes after the boat overturned at 4pm yesterday afternoon.
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