Man airlifted to safety after being stranded on ‘island’ in Etobicoke Creek [Video]

A man had to be airlifted to safety after being stranded on a “small island” in Etobicoke Creek Tuesday afternoon.

Several emergency services were called to the creek near Sherway Drive shortly after 5:30 p.m. for a rescue.

“We had a gentleman stranded in the middle of the Etobicoke River stranded on a small island. We had a lot of flooding today, and we had high-flowing waves going through the river,” Toronto Fire District Chief Tony Rowe said.

When they realized they could not rescue the man safely, Rowe said Toronto Fire called the Canadian Armed Forces in Trenton.

“Today, it was decided that we, the firefighters, wouldn’t safely bring this person to safety, and it was a great job by the Army coming in with their helicopter,” he said.

“They brought their rescuer down, made contact with the person stranded and brought him up and brought him over to …