Published: Aug 11, 2015, 03:37 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 11, 2015, 03:41 PM (IST)
Tom Nutting (26), Alex Haynes (21), Lee Homer(33) and Jack Cooper (23) are being hailed as national heroes after they rescued to safety a man who was drowning in the River Avon in the city of Bristol in England. All these four are Wolverhampton cricketers. With the help of a rubber ring they saved the man who fell into the river after having consumed too much liquor. The cricketers have been lauded by the Somerset and Avon body of constables. An inspector phoned them and called their action very courageous and bold. The tragedy met their eye after the four of them had completed a match. This match was against Wembdon. It took place close to the Mud Dock Cafe on August 6 early in the morning.
Haynes said that the four of them saw a man ‘ seemed a bit worse for the drink’. In a conversation with expressandstar.com he added, “The next thing we knew he just veered to the edge of the dock and fell into the water. The next thing we knew he just veered to the edge of the dock and fell into the water. The man was floundering in the water and we could see he was struggling to stay up. We spotted the emergency rubber ring which had a rope attached, but when we tried to throw it to him it wasn’t landing in the right place.”
“While Tom dialled 999 I jumped down to the next level on the dockside and tied the rope to one of the boats moored there and I tried to throw the ring to the man again. He put it over his head and we all pulled him in. He looked in a bad way and was very confused about what was happening.” Paramedics and police came immediately and the cricketers went back to their hostel. It was here where Nutting received the telephone call from a police duty inspector.
Haynes added, “He said thank you for saving the man’s life. To be honest it was a big shock to us. We’ve never done anything like that before. We’re just glad he’s OK.” ” We received a call at 2.25 am saying that a man had gone into the water and that members of the public had helped him out. One of them was called and thanked personally by a senior officer,” said Niam Bryne, spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset Constabulary.
