Two US tourists shun limelight after daring river rescue

TWO American tourists were hailed as heroes after they jumped into a river and saved a middle-aged woman from drowning.

Troy Drawdy and David Laing were travelling on a tour bus in Cork city, when just after 4pm yesterday they noticed the woman in the river.

They were among 40 tourists who were on a Tauck World Discovery coach which was stopped in traffic on Brian Boru Bridge.