Man, 62, branded a hero after jumping into 'freezing' cold Bridgewater Canal to save 'drowning' woman
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man has been hailed for his bravery after jumping into the Bridgewater Canal to save an elderly woman who appeared to be drowning.
Czeslaw Sekrecki, 62, jumped into the "freezing cold" water without a second thought after noticing the woman, who was in her 80s, "topple" into the stretch of the canal in Eccles.
His daughter, Edyta Sliwinska said her dad, who is Polish and doesn't speak much English, was able to rescue the woman and pull to her to the shore as emergency services arrived. READ MORE:Range Rover gang armed with a 'Samurai sword' pelt house with gas bottles Both Mr Sekrecki and the woman were seen to by paramedics, with the woman being taken to hospital where it is understood she was treated for shock.
Edyta and her partner have praised her father's "heroic" actions as Mr Sekrecki admitted he also feared he would drown after realising how deep and the cold water was.
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