Wow! A hero..!

[downfader]

http://road.cc/content/news/39357-mystery-york-cyclist-saves-life-infant-and-pedals

Kind of gives you faith in human beings.

 

[gaz]

Awww

 

[downfader]

Awww

Like a scene out of the Untouchables.

 

[davefb]

'bloodmin lycra brigade will do anything to look good , moan moan, taxes , moan , RLJ ,moan moan'

just to balance


still, nice job !

 

[palinurus]

I'll start praising cyclists for saving infants when they pay some road tax and stop riding in the middle of the road.

 

[calibanzwei]

No such thing as road tax

But blimey, I guess all superheroes are lycra clad

 

[Andy500]

Well done that man

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I'll start praising cyclists for saving infants when they pay some road tax and stop riding in the middle of the road.

and stop riding on pavements and RLJ'ing.

Seriously though what an amazing person

 

[HLaB]

I hope he didn't scratch his bike

A passing cyclist leapt into action, dropping his bike before jumping into the river and plucking out both pram and baby

 

[Banjo]

Which is why cyclists wear lycra, it dries quicker after rescuing babies from rivers.

 

[Arch]

Well, it wasn't me, and my boss didn't come into the office dripping wet, so that rules out the two us....

Well done him!

But really. Prams mostly come with brakes these days. How daft do you have to be....?

 

[fenfirsttimer]

Is he lucky someone didn't nick his bike whilst he was doing this amazing rescue....!!

Well done that man......

 

[WychwoodTrev]

I hope he did a full risk assesment and followed H&S guidelines

 

[Arch]

I hope he did a full risk assesment and followed H&S guidelines

Well, to be serious for a mo....

It doesn't make it clear quite how deep the water was and so on, but lifesaving training cautions against just leaping into water. Of course, in this case it worked out ok, but more than one rescuer has got into trouble jumping into unknown water - there's the cold shock reaction, the risk of debris under the surface, all sorts. Clearly, throwing a lifebelt to a baby isn't an option, but it would be wise to at least lower oneself gently, and wade in with caution.

 

[MontyVeda]

I like the comment

The Daily Mail is probably going to run this as "Cyclist wanted for questioning after baby pushed in river"