Crime & Safety
Boaters Rescued From Cumberland River
Good Samaritans took a tumble trying to rescue another boater Sunday.
EAST NASHVILLE, TN – Four Good Samaritans making an effort to rescue a boater ended up in the water themselves Sunday.
The Nashville Fire Department were called to the Shelby Bottoms Greenway 6:30 Sunday night for a water rescue. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)
Four boaters were trying to pull a stranded boater aboard which capsized their boat, sending everyone into the river.
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All of the men were wearing life jackets ad all were brought ashore uninjured.
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