This is the dramatic moment two passers-by leapt into a dirty canal to save a drowning man.<br /><br />The motorcycle rider was knocked into the water after a collision on the road next to the canal in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday (October 15) afternoon.<br /><br />Onlookers said the victim was left unconscious after the collision and was dazed, unable to support himself in the sewage-infested water.<br /><br />Passing motorcycle taxi rider Somchai Nakornthap leapt into the water to help. <br /><br />Although the canal was not deep, he could not lift the victim up to the ground by himself. <br /><br />A second man, a salesman who on his way to a meeting, then jumped in and the pair of them battled through the sludge to lift the injured man to safety.<br /><br />Footage taken by the man's co-worker Sutimas Pianmatray shows how the hauled the man to safety.<br /><br />Sutimas praised her co-worker and the taxi rider for their bravery. She said: "They are both so brave to risk jumping into the dirty canal to save a man's life."<br /><br />The victim, who was seen covered in mud but still breathing, was rushed to the hospital by ambulance where he has been recovering since the accident.
