Felix LeBlanc was jogging along the riverbank Wednesday when he spotted two officers racing down toward the water's edge.

He turned and saw a woman in the water.

LeBlanc said he stopped and asked whether he could help. One of the officers began stripping off his tool belt and vest and handed them to LeBlanc

"And then one ties a rope to himself and throws it to the woman," he said in an interview.

"We got her ashore and then walked her up the waterfront and started the shock related process."

Victoria actor Felix LeBlanc (Submitted) On Thursday, LeBlanc decided to go for another riverbank run.

He followed the riverbank and then came up the Broadway Bridge. As he jogged up the pedestrian walkway, he noticed a young woman sitting on the ledge, talking to another woman.

"My initial thought was, I didn't believe my own eyes," he said.

"For a couple of seconds, I kept running because I thought there's no way I'm seeing what I'm seeing … I turned around and started to approach her, and she just threw herself off the bridge."

LeBlanc looked down and saw that she was alive in the water. He doubled back, went down the stone steps and to the water's edge. By this time, the woman had drifted to shore and was half out of the water.

He helped pull her to safety as paramedics arrived.

LeBlanc said the entire experience left him with a greater appreciation of what responders face every day.

"This happening to me twice in two days, but this happens every single day to first responders or people who work in that line of duty like, EMT, police, fire, ambulance workers," he said.

"It reminded me how much I appreciate first responders, and how much they do for us."

The Victoria actor is in Saskatoon with Wide Open Theatre and has the week off.