Security Officer and US Army Reservist Robert Stoudemire, who rescued a woman after she fell into the Detroit River.
By Tim Pamplin, Kayla Clarke from Channel 4's ClickOnDetroit website:
DETROIT - A woman was pulled from the Detroit River on Wednesday night.
She was rescued by a security guard from the Riverfront Towers Apartments who saw her fall into the water.
It happened in the area of the old Joe Louis Arena .The woman was sitting along the river's edge with her boyfriend when she fell in.
The security guard is Robert Stoudermire, 21, and he is in the Army Reserves.
According to Tim Pamplin's news report, "She was sitting along the river's edge with her boyfriend when she ended up falling into the river. A security guard from the nearby Riverfront Towers saw this happen and jumped into action."
Stoudermire said she was already in the water when he arrived and that he tried to grab ahold of her but that it was difficult because she was wet.
"Still able to keep grabbing her until the police arrived and helped us out," he said.
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