MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. —

The help fire crews from Menomonee Falls Fire Department in Wisconsin found at a river rescue they were called to Monday may have provided enough time to avoid a tragic outcome.

Donovan Boyle was one of several people at the Menomonee River in the Milwaukee area when an unexpected noise caught their attention.

"We come around here and we hear, like, cries for help," Boyle said.

Those cries were coming from a father and son who were stuck in the river and holding on to anything as best they could.

"The first thing in my mind was, 'How can I get this person out of the water?'" Boyle said.

Fellow passersby saw the same emergency and started to form a human chain to try to pull the two people from the rushing water.

Just as first responders arrived and began to e

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