A paraplegic fisherman was rescued Wednesday after his motorized wheelchair fell into Pittsburgh's frigid Allegheny River, rescuers said.
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Tom Lippert, 45, of Spring Garden, Pa., whose legs are paralyzed, was fishing along a walkway near the city's PNC Park shortly before 10 a.m. when he fell into the river, which flows through downtown Pittsburgh.
As he clung to the shorewall, Lippert's friend John Force, 44, called for help.
A rescue boat arrived within minutes, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
Lippert was taken to a hospital suffering from exposure.
