Man on log pulled from river

WILMINGTON, DEL. - August 4, 2008 The Action Cam was on the banks of the river off Market Street shortly after 6:15pm.

That's where the man, believed to be homeless, was floating down the river holding onto a log. His sneakers were atop the log. The man drifted nearly a mile to the Winchester bridge before police, who were on a boat, jumped in an removed the man from the water. The man was treated by medical personnel along the riverbank.

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