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Police divers searched the Ottawa River Sunday after two men jumped into the frigid water near Bate Island to rescue a 12-year old boy, and only one emerged.

Ottawa paramedics received a call about the incident around 7 p.m. Saturday, on the island located at the Champlain Bridge on the Ottawa side of the Ottawa River.

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They said a 24-year-old man managed to save the child, who suffered from mild hypothermia after being pulled from the water. He was released to his mother after being treated by paramedics.

Paramedics also assessed the man and helped both get dried off and warmed up. No one was taken to hospital.

Additional paramedics were sent to the scene to help with a foot search for the missing 39-year-old man, who has not been identified by Ottawa police.

Firefighters launched a lifeboat in the area where the man was last seen, but the search was stopped due to darkness.

Ottawa police are organising the search, which had involved services from both sides of the river. The police Marine Dive Unit was at the island before 7 a.m. Sunday.

More to come.

Photo by Mike Carroccetto / Ottawa Citizen

Photo by Mike Carroccetto / Ottawa Citizen

Photo by Mike Carroccetto / Ottawa Citizen

Photo by Mike Carroccetto / Ottawa Citizen