Man trying to swim across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ont., was rescued by a mail boat
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A man trying to swim across the Detroit River from Windsor to Detroit was rescued Monday night, according to a riverboat mail company.
The crew of the J.W. Westcott Co. spotted him around 11 p.m. It's the same boat that pulled a worker from the water who fell off the Ambassador Bridge in 2023 and survived.
In a statement, the Westcott says deckhand James Sharp spotted a man swimming inside a life ring that had been thrown by someone on the shore in Windsor.
"The Westcott maneuvered alongside where James and Captain Neil Schultheiss lifted the man onto the deck of the mail boat," it stated.
According to the crew, the swimmer seemed disoriented, and said he was an American from Florida trying to get back into the U.S.
He was transferred to a Detroit fireboat and was said to not have any physical injuries.
Windsor's harbour master says they think the man entered the water near the big Canadian flag at the riverfront.
Peter Berry says if the Westcott didn't arrive on scene when it did the swimmer wouldn't have made it.
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