O.C. firefighters located a woman who had fallen into the Santa Ana River, at McFadden and the Santa Ana Riverbed, and were able to get her and her dog, a boxer, out 17 minutes after time of dispatch, according to the OCFA.
The boxer had gone into the riverbed near 5th Street in Santa Ana during a walk, and the dog’s owner tried to recover the dog, according to the OCFA. But they were swept away by the running water.
The woman was checked by firefighter paramedics and it was determined she was stable. Both were unharmed.
