Firefighters rescued two people from the Naugatuck River Sunday evening.
A man and woman were canoeing near Platts Mill Road and Bristol Street when their canoe capsized.
Emergency Crews were dispatched at 6:34 p.m., after police received a call from a man who heard two people screaming for help.
"It was an intricate rescue. We had to cut a bunch of trees and used a latter truck like a crane to lower one of our firefighters to get them, " said Waterbury Fire Chief David Martin.
The man declined medical attention. An ambulance transported the woman to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
