Man who saved woman and two kids from drowning in River Lee said he could see kids scratching at window

A man who saved a woman and her two children from drowning in their car in the River Lee said he was just in the right place at the right time, writes Eoin English.

Man who saved woman and two kids from drowning in River Lee said he could see kids scratching at window

A man who saved a woman and her two children from drowning in their car in the River Lee said he was just in the right place at the right time, writes Eoin English.

“I’m not a hero. I’m just a man. Anybody would have done the same thing,” said Piotr Smolenski, 35, who has been living in Cork for eight years.

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