Zoo staff rescue woman from Bow River
Posted Nov 25, 2010 12:13 pm.
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Zoo staff are being hailed as heroes after a dramatic river rescue on Wednesday.
Several staff members were in the Canadian Wilds area of the facility assessing the rising river levels, when they heard screams for help.
A woman cycling along a nearby river pathway had fallen into the Bow River, and was desperately fighting the fast-moving current as she tried to get back to shore.
Three employees rushed into the bitterly cold water to pull the woman to safety.
The Calgary Zoo’s new director of animal care, conservation and research Dr. Jake Veasey was one of the men who rushed to the woman’s aid.
Veasey moved to Calgary couple of weeks ago from the U.K. to start his new position.
He tells 660News he thought it was cold when he got here, but his dip in the river was even worse.
Veasey says he didn’t have time to think about what was going on, all he knew was that if they didn’t get the woman out of the water fast, she would die.
