VIDEO: Firefighters say a man who had to be rescued from the Spokane River Wednesday could have died if not for two men who were uniquely equipped for the rescue.
The man is expected to be OK, and the men who saved him said they were just in the right place at the right time.
When Abraham Merisier and Josh Allison left Fairchild Air Force Base for their fishing trip at the Spokane River, swimming wasn't in their plans, but they quickly found out it was for someone else.
"Honestly surprised because you hear about it on the news. I've been living here since 2010 and you hear about fatalities in the river. We came here on a nice day just to fish and we wouldn't have expected to see someone in the water like that," Merisier said.
But facing the unexpected is second nature for the Fairchild airmen.