CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri (KFVS) – Cape Girardeau firefighters have been busy conducting water rescues on the Mississippi River.

For the second time in 24 hours, rescue crews were called to the river at around 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 24, because someone was reported in the water.

According to the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, emergency crews were called to the Mississippi River because a man jumped into the water near the lock gate at the corner of Themis and Water Street.

Firefighters rushed to the Red Star Boat Ramp and the river bank. Riverside crews attempted to rescue the man from the bank.

Rescue crews said they found the man in the river, clinging to a log floating downstream about 30 metres from shore. The man was not wearing a life jacket.

Rescue workers on shore spoke to the man until lifeboats could reach him.

At 10:19 a.m., firefighters safely pulled the man from the river into a rescue boat under the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge.

Many people watched the rescue operation on the river bank.

The rescued man was brought to shore to be examined by medical personnel. It is not clear if he was taken to a hospital, but no injuries were reported.

This is the second water rescue in the exact same area of ​​the Mississippi within two days.

On Friday, Cape Girardeau firefighters rescued a man and woman canoeing down the river. Their canoe struck a buoy and capsized. The woman was rescued from the shore by a Good Samaritan. Firefighters rescued the man who was holding onto the canoe under the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge. Both were OK and continued their journey down the river.

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