This was the moment three men saw a woman being swept away by a flooded river in India and jumped in to rescue her.<br /><br />They swam against the strong current to grab and bring her back to the bank safely. <br /><br />The incident occurred near a village in Baragarh district in Odisha, India, on August 16.<br /><br />A group of men from Raisalpadar village saw the woman drowning in the local river Anga around 10 pm. <br /><br />Two of them, Jagannath Kalasi and Biswamitra Sahu, jumped into water and swam for nearly 500 metres risking their lives to save her.<br /><br />Seeing that his friends were getting tired, a third man, Hemananda Sahu, also jumped into the water to lend a hand. <br /><br />The woman was later moved to a government hospital for treatment. Doctors said she was in shock but out of danger. <br /><br />Eyewitnesses said the woman had slipped while bathing in the river and had been carried away by the strong current.
