A mailboat crew’s quick thinking helped save a man in the Detroit river overnight.
A man claiming to be an American citizen from Florida jumped into the frigid Detroit river from Windsor, Canada, trying to swim into the United States.
The Detroit Fire Department confirms with 7 News Detroit that a DFD fireboat responded to a call around 10:30 p.m. Monday night of a 30-year-old man floating in the water.
A J.W. Westcott company crew member spotted the man floating down the Detroit River in a life boat. They were able to get him out just before the Fireboat arrived…