New Jersey: Dramatic rescue as helicopter pulls firefighters from river

A constabulary chopper was sent to rescue a radical firefighters whose vessel had stalled connected a stream successful the US.

The firefighters had been called to rescue a squad of operation workers aft their vessel malfunctioned connected the Passaic River successful New Jersey connected Wednesday.

While trying to scope the workers, the firefighters' vessel got caught successful the currents and went implicit the falls of the Dundee Dam, leaving them stranded. One firefighter was capable to leap retired of the vessel arsenic it went implicit the falls, but 2 others had to beryllium airlifted from the vessel arsenic it took connected water.

Authorities said nary injuries were reported, but according to section media the firefighters were “shaken” aft the incident.

Poster representation by Boyd A. Loving