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A man is in hospital after he was rescued from the Bow River near the Langevin Bridge on Monday night.

Aquatic rescue crews with the fire department arrived at the scene south of the bridge at about 8:40 p.m. They found the man clinging to a hunk of ice along the riverbank.

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The man, believed to be in his late 30s, had been partially submerged in the frigid river for about 20 minutes before crews rescued him and brought him ashore, according to EMS.

Rescue crews wrapped the hypothermic man in blankets before taking him to hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

Authorities said they could not confirm why the man was in the water.