Greater Manchester may not be Malibu but the Hardy’s Gate Bridge was the scene of a rescue that could have come straight out of Baywatch.
Student police officer Mohammed Nadeem showed nerves of steel to brave the bracing temperatures of the River Irwell to assist a man in distress, thus earning himself the nickname “The Hoff”, after the beach drama’s lead actor David Hasselhoff.
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