Two young men who rescued a man after he fell into the river in Shrewsbury were only in the area 'completely by chance', one of them said.
One of the lads, Louis King, from Meole, says they were only in the area in The Quarry, opposite The Boathouse pub, by chance when they heard a voice screaming for help.
"We were opposite The Boathouse and heard someone screaming out," said Louis."So we ran to the area and he was in the middle of the water. Another bloke who was there was going into the water but it was too cold. Louis and Ben have been praised for their actions by West Mercia Search and Rescue who did not need to be called out. The man was pulled out of the water by the time the paramedics arrived, and taken to hospital. He is understood to be out of the hospital now.
"I can't tell you how weird it was," said Louis, who is a painter and decorator."We were standing in the queue at Fever and Ben goes 'no, I don't want to do this'. I said I didn't either and we both decided to go home, so it was completely by chance we were there - he would have been a goner."
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