A group of heroic firefighters dove into the cold dark water of the River Shannon in Limerick, Ireland, and saved a woman from drowning.
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Peter Murphy said he and fellow fireman, Des Fitzgerald, literally saved the woman by her “fingertips” after she disappeared under the water’s surface in the early hours of the morning.
Seconds after the woman went under, Murphy and Fitzgerald, supported by their colleague Colin Gleeson, jumped out of their rapid response river rescue boat into the cold dark river shortly after responding to the 4:30 am alert from their firehouse.
“As we approached the casualty, myself, Des and Colin, saw she had…
