Firefighters Rescue Man From Flood Channel

FULLERTON, CA —Fullerton firefighters came to the rescue of an injured man, clinging to a rope in two-feet of water, authorities reported.

Residents, nearby, discovered the man in the channel and threw him the rope and called 911. They stayed until firefighters arrived. Fullerton firefighters, assisted by Anaheim Fire and Rescue, arrived at the flood control channel behind 100 block of S. Cornell Ave., a Fullerton Fire Department dispatcher said.

Witnesses at the scene said the victim "might have fallen" into the channel, according to Capt. Brian Seymour of the Fullerton Fire Department.

A firefighter climbed down a ladder into the channel to rescue the victim, and carried him back up the dispatcher said. An ambulance transported the victim to a nearby hospital for treatment of the broken ankles, Seymour said.