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Dallas Fire-Rescue Pulls Two Men From Rising Cottonwood Creek Waters

A passerby’s 911 call prompted a swift-water sled rescue that brought both men to shore without hospital transport.

Overview

  • Dallas Fire-Rescue says units were dispatched just before 1 p.m. Saturday after a report of two men stranded on a concrete slab in the creek near Forest Lane and Schroeder Road.
  • Swift Water Rescue team members launched a water sled from the Forest Lane bridge to reach the pair safely.
  • Both men and a bicycle were recovered to shore, where medics evaluated them and determined no hospital transport was needed.
  • Officials have not said why the men were in the creek, and that detail remains unclear.
  • Local coverage and video show fast-moving water after weekend storms brought heavy rain to North Texas and other parts of the South.