He saw him fall into the river and immediately ran from the security CCTV desk to the riverside
House, was on duty on in the early hours of Sunday morning when he noticed a man walking along the River Aire. .
He found a length of cable and threw it down to the man, shouting to him to grab on. The man gripped this cable along with the side wall at the banking of the river, hanging on by his fingertips in the freezing water waiting for rescue as Danny called theCrews from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were quickly on scene and were able to locate the man thanks to Danny’s actions. They rescued him out of the water and brought him to safety.
"The man was conscious and breathing throughout but very cold and borderline hypothermic. When paramedics arrived, they checked him over but were struggling to take a temperature due to low body heat, and he was taken to hospital. “I firmly believe that Danny played a huge part in saving the life of this man, and things could have been very different if he hadn’t seen him fall in as there was no-one else around at this time of the morning to witness the fall. This could well have been another news story of a missing person, not found.
“Control Blue, attending fire crews and all responders also performed to a very high standard during this incident but the caller was pivotal from the start. I thanked Danny before I left the scene and he was very modest about his efforts, but he really was the hero of the hour.”
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