DETROIT (WWJ) — A man is expected to be okay after being saved from the Detroit River late Monday night, thanks to the crew aboard the J.W. Westcott.
A two-person crew was aboard the J.W. Westcott — a boat that delivers mail to freighters traveling on the Great Lakes — around 11 p.m. Monday when they heard a call go out on the marine VHF radio about a person seen swimming in the river.
Officials had been asking one of the freighters to keep an eye out for the swimmer, who was heading from Windsor to Detroit.
Captain Neil Schultheiss told WWJ Newsradio 950 he and his deckhand, JC, spotted the man and pulled him aboard…