EMSWORTH, Pa. — Firefighters rescued a fisherman who became trapped on a riverbank Saturday night.
The Emsworth Volunteer Fire Company says they responded to the riverbank near Emsworth Lock and Dam around 9:45 p.m. Saturday after learning of the injured and trapped fisherman.
Once on scene, firefighters say they found an elderly man about 20 feet over a rocky hillside.
First responders were able to quickly pull the man up the hillside, where he was transferred to the care of medics.
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