50 water rescues in 2 weeks have Calgary first responders urging caution
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It's only two weeks into July, but Calgary's first responders are putting out another safety warning after responding to roughly 50 water rescues this month alone.
It's only two weeks into July, but Calgary's first responders are putting out another safety warning after responding to roughly 50 water rescues this month alone.
Police and firefighters were called out around 5:50 a.m. on Tuesday for reports of a body in the Bow River near the Graves Bridge.
The body was recovered around 8 a.m. and no further details are being released at this time.
A water rescue took place around 1:25 p.m. on Tuesday when a girl fell into the Bow River while rafting with her parents near the southeast community of Douglasdale.
Fire crews were able to rescue her after she floated to a nearby island.
"Thankfully, she was wearing a life-jacket, which not everyone is and if you look out on the water, there are people who are not wearing them properly," said Carol Henke, public information officer with the Calgary Fire Department.
"If you flip your raft, that life-jacket can easily fall off, so it really needs to be done up appropriately and it needs to be a life-jacket that's right for our size and weight."
