U.S Coast Guard honours those who helped after man fell off the Ambassador Bridge
When Bernita Flowers brought her family to the Detroit riverfront, expecting to watch the mail boat come and go on a July evening, she wasn't expecting to see a man fall from the Ambassador Bridge — nor expecting her family to play a critical role in his rescue.
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![Members of the crew of the J.W. Westcott, centre, with Windsor harbour master Peter Berry, left, and Capt. Richard Armstrong, commander of the U.. Coast Guard Sector Detroit. Five people, two in uniform, stand together posing for a picture](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7111144.1707521096!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jw-westcott-crew.jpg)
When Bernita Flowers brought her family to the Detroit riverfront, expecting to watch the mail boat come and go on a July evening, she wasn't expecting to see a man fall from the Ambassador Bridge — nor expecting her family to play a critical role in his rescue.