高中英语教学：Rescue in the River.docx

Rescue in the River By??JULIANA LABIANCA? When they see a man struggling in the water, three strangers take the plunge. It was?7:15?a.m.. on June 1, 2016, and Gary Messina, now 58, was on his morning run along New York City’s East River. Suddenly something caught his eye—a large 60-year-old man balancing on the four-foot-high railing that guarded the path from the water. As Messina, a New York City Police Department captain (now a deputy inspector), got closer to the scene, the man took a step forward and plunged into the dark, choppy river below.When Messina reached the railing, the man was b