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  • Man dies after jumping into icy river to try to save dog (UK)

    11/27/2010 3:29:50 PM PST · by decimon · 38 replies
    BBC ^ | November 27, 2010 | Unknown
    A man has died after jumping into an icy river in Lancashire in an attempt to save his pet springer spaniel.The 49-year-old man plunged into the River Lune at Halton but got into difficulties himself and died in hospital after being rescued. Coastguard rescue teams, an RAF rescue helicopter, an inshore lifeboat and hovercraft and fire service water rescue experts were all called out. Liverpool Coastguards urged people to call in experts to rescue animals. A member of the public raised the alarm at about 1410 GMT, reporting that the man was in the water near the weir of the...