A man was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition on Tuesday morning after being pulled from the Bow River.
Emergency crews received a call about someone being swept downstream just before 2 a.m.
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Police said first responders could hear the man yelling out for help when they arrived, and were able to locate him on a sandbar near St. Patrick’s Island.
The man began losing consciousness and stopped breathing while being brought to shore in a rescue boat, police said.
It’s not known how he ended up in the water.
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