Handcuffed Naked Man Jumps Into River To Escape Police...and Ends Up Saved By Cops

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Rescue: A Kansas City, Missouri police officer approaches the suspect in the Blue River

A naked man was saved by police officers Tuesday morning after he reportedly dove into a river during a police chase.

Prior to the rescue, the suspect 'was trying to break into vehicles' and 'going from vehicle to vehicle
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Kansas City, Missouri police told the station the man, whom they said was under the influence of drugs and behaving strangely, was arrested and handcuffed before he went into the water.

The man tried to run away from police before he 'ran down the embankment, took his clothes off and jumped into the [Blue River],
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Video shot
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shows the handcuffed man in the water having trouble trying to stay afloat in the river. An officer is seen out of uniform and wearing a tank top swimming toward the man and eventually carrying him through the water.

Police told the station two officers went to save the man before others helped him out of the river.

The man was hospitalized
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A request for information to the Kansas City Police Department was not immediately returned.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...police-ends-SAVED-officers.html#ixzz37sV3EtDJ
Video at link

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Lucky guy. I don't think all cops would have acted so quickly to save him.

let this be is lesson and his turning point.

 

[Blacknight]

How the hell do you take off your shirt if you are handcuffed, unless you just rip it off?

 

[Funkdizzy]

Seeing as how I can't swim AND I've got my hands locked up behind my back...seems like a perfect time to go for a dip!