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Philly Area Police Officer Rescues Pair From Schuylkill River: Authorities Philly Area Police Officer Rescues Pair From Schuylkill River: Authorities
Philly Area Police Officer Rescues Pair From Schuylkill River: Authorities Norristown Police Department officers are credited with rescuing a man and his daughter after their truck was submerged in the Schuylkill River on Labor Day afternoon, Sept. 4.  Officer Matthew Walsh was on patrol in Riverfront Park around 2 p.m. Monday when he spotted a pickup truck on the boat ramp "begin accelerating towards" the river, the department said.  Walsh called for backup as the truck floated off some 50 feet from the boat ramp into the middle of the river, according to police.  Walsh was trying to unmoor a boat when other officers arrived and noticed the truck …