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Article: Man is rescued from the Lagan
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- August 3, 2009
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A MAN was today recovering in hospital after being rescued from
the River Lagan in Belfast.
Emergency services were called to the Albertbridge area of the
city centre after a member of the public raised the alarm at 8.20am.
At one stage there were around 20 firefighters and a specialist
rescue team from Central Fire Station in Belfast. The man was
discovered 25ft down on a ledge on the edge of the river.
Gary Allen, Assistant Group Commander from Knock Fire Station,
said the priority was to reach the man as quickly as possible.
"We had a call at approximately 8.22am of a male at the Albert
Bridge with a leg injury," he said.
"It was ...