Humber River Rescue
August 7, 1968
Four girls and a dog got a little more excitement than they bargained for when a thunderstorm made the water levels in the Humber River rise suddenly. The girls, aged 12 and 13, waded out to a concrete abutment on the Dundas Street viaduct over the river.
The rescue, which took almost three hours, involved making a bridge using an aerial ladder, and roping ladders together to reach the abutment. A bulldozer was required to gouge a road to the river bank. The aerial was then shored up with boards and jacks.
Ken Nicol is pictured above. Gord Bell and Bob Tye also made the trip across the makeshift bridge to bring the girls, and their dog to safety.