A Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) rescue team carried a man to safety after he washed ashore in the Los Angeles River channel in Boyle Heights.
The man was in a concrete channel divider under the Sixth Street Bridge with water rushing around him. A rescuer was lowered from an LAFD helicopter which was flying near power lines.
Both were then hoisted into the helicopter in a harness.
Water was moving at about 5 mph through the channel after two days of rain in Los Angeles. The concrete channel surface is often slippery, so even a few inches of water can leave someone stranded.
It was not immediately clear why the man was in the canal east of downtown Los Angeles.
This story first appeared on Telemundo 52’s sister station NBCLA. Click on here to read this story in English.