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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Joseph Draper

Brave mum risks life jumping into dangerous river to save son's favourite toy rabbit

A mum jumped into a fast-flowing river to save her son's favourite toy rabbit after the wind blew it out of his hands.

Lou Austin was carrying her two-year-old son, Tommy, over a bridge when a sudden gust tossed Bun Buns the rabbit into the water below.

As the toy was swept downstream Lou, 27, handed Tommy to his dad, gave her engagement ring to a stranger and left her mobile phone on the side before 'cannon-balling' into the 5ft deep water.

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