Life vest plays vital role in rescue of towboat deck hand from river

摘要

A tank-barge deck hand is lucky to be alive after he fell into the frigid Illinois River and was rescued about a half-hour later. The towboat MVAnderson was pushing two tank barges downriver below the Dresden Lock and Dam on Dec. 11, 2009, when the captain intentionally bumped the vessels into a lift bridge's fender, the U.S.