River Trent rescue caught on cctv

Fair play to the copper. Its not long ago that the police would of just looked from the bank and waitwd for a dingy. A hero some may say.

I'm just glad he ain't got a bollocking for doing it but I suppose being a diver he's allowed in.

I agree with the BFG, fair play indeed! That takes some bollocks to do that.


I'm not a keen or particularly strong swimmer, in fact it's only a skill I would rely on to delay the onset of drowning!

In my early twenties I foolishly attempted to 'rescue' my dog who I thought was in difficulty in Gunwade lake Ferry Meadows - it's an old gravel pit that's now a country park
He had swam to the middle of the lake and looked to be struggling, repeated attempts by the trip boat to get him on board were in vain.
I decided there was no choice but for me to strip off to my skiddies and go get him.
Wrong decision!
It was May bank holiday and reasonably warm, except for the fact gravel pits shelve heavily and become very deep only a few yards from the bank, by fuck was that water cold! It knocked the air out my lungs and I thought bollocks to this dog, you're on your own!

By now a good crowd had gathered, I gave up, got back to my pile of clothes and thought I'd have to watch him drown.
The bastard dog had one last look around, spotted me and swam straight back to me, he looked pretty pleased with his efforts too.
I stomped back to the boat feeling bloody foolish but glad to have the dog back and both of us not drowneded.

I should have known better too, a colleague at Carlsberg died trying to rescue his dog from the Nene during the Easter '98 floods.