A man is lucky to be alive after surviving a drop from the Monroe Street Bridge into the raging Spokane River below on Wednesday evening. That man remains in the hospital. Firefighters say they can't believe he actually survived. "I was not expecting a successful rescue at all," said Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer. It all started just after 5 p.m. when witnesses called 911 after spotting a man clinging to the bank of the river below the Monroe Street Bridge. Responding crews learned the man jumped or fell 200 feet to the water below. The current then dragged him to the south bank of the river and smashed him up against the jagged rocks. Amazingly, after all that, he was still able to pull himself out of the water and onto the rocks.