Man rescued from Detroit River trying to swim to Windsor
CBC
For the second time in less than a month a man has been rescued from the Detroit River trying to swim across.
A spokesperson from the Detroit Fire Department said at around 3 a.m. Monday they were called to the Detroit River just outside the U.S. Postal Service building for a report of a man yelling for help.
A half hour later the Detroit Fire Department boat pulled a man from the river and he was transported to hospital in Detroit.
The spokesperson could not say who he was, why he was trying to swim to Windsor or give a condition report.
A report by Detroit radio station WWJ stated the man was "trying to help his family" and that he was going to be okay.
The rescue occurred in American waters so no Canadian officials were involved.
On September 23 a man was pulled from the American side of the river by the crew of the mail boat J.W. Westcott. He was trying to swim to the United States from Windsor.
According to the crew, the swimmer seemed disoriented and said he was an American from Florida trying to get back into the U.S.
Windsor Harbour master Peter Berry tells CBC News trying to swim across the river is extremely dangerous.
"The current that's in the Detroit River, it's not made for swimming conditions whatsoever," said Berry, adding there is also a threat of hypothermia.
Berry said they have sophisticated radar that can detect someone swimming across but it takes someone watching the radar all the time in order for it to be helpful.
"We do use it quite often in search and rescue activity, looking for where we see the person went in to see where we see objects floating in the river," he said.
It's not known if the man trying the latest swim has been charged criminally.
U.S Custom and Border Protection had no information for CBC News.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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