A United States mail boat rescued a man trying to swim from Canada to Detroit overnight, the Michigan-based crew said. While preparing to make a delivery Sept. 23, the crew of the J.W. Westcott II heard an emergency broadcast about a man in the Detroit River and set out to help find him, a crew member told WXYZ.

A mailboat crew saved a Florida man who tried to swim across the Detroit River from Windsor, Canada, to return to the U.S.

A man trying to swim across the Detroit River from Windsor to Detroit was rescued Monday night, according to a riverboat mail company.