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Dramatic rescue of woman from US river

Des Moines - Woman saved by construction worker
Des Moines - Woman saved by construction worker

A dramatic rescue has been caught on camera in the US city of Des Moines, Iowa.

A man drowned but his wife was saved after their small boat capsized in the Des Moines River.

A construction worker dangling at the end of a crane pulled the woman from the churning waters just below a dam.

He was able to hang on to her as the crane swung the two of them towards the waiting rescue boat.

The construction workers had been building a bridge nearby.