A swift-water rescue team responded Friday to a person who appeared to be caught in the Los Angeles River channel in Boyle Heights.
A team of Los Angeles Fire Department rescuers hoisted a man to safety after he was stranded in the Los Angeles River channel in Boyle Heights.
The man was on a concrete channel divider under the Sixth Street Bridge with water rushing around it. A rescuer was lowered from a LAFD helicopter hovering near high-tension lines.
Both were then hoisted to the helicopter in a harness.
Water was moving at about 5 mph in the channel after two days of rain in Los Angeles. The concrete channel's surface is often slippery, so even just a few inches of water can leave someone stranded.
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It was not immediately clear why the man was in the channel east of downtown LA.
