Capital FM host, Jordan North, jumped into the River Thames in December to rescue a Labrador, who had accidentally tumbled in, leaving his owner panic-stricken
Jordan North couldn’t hide his emotion today when he was reunited with the adorable dog he bravely rescued last year. In December, the Capital FM host was having a quiet stroll along the river in West London when he noticed a chocolate-coloured Labrador floundering in the water.
Jumping into action – and the River Thames, Jordan carried the fabulously named Creed Lamar to safety, much to the relief of the dog’s owner, Rodas. Today, the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! star was reunited with the pooch and his owner as he admitted he was “going to cry” when they surprised him in the studio.
Six months after the rescue, Rodas and Creed, were given the chance properly thank Jordan for his “big, selfless act” moment live on Capital Breakfast.
Sian Welby and Chris Stark surprised their colleague with a game of ‘Pet or Partner’ where listeners send in clues and the presenters have to guess whether they’re describing a pet or a partner.
On Tuesday morning one of the clues was: “He likes to jump into the River Thames and be saved by Jordan North.”
Desperately trying to clarify what was said as the line went dead, Jordan was stumped, but then in came Creed and Rodas as the presenter sid: “That’s Creed, I’m going to cry.”
Recalling the eventful night last year in which she almost lost Creed, Rodas said: “Me and my mum actually take Creed out to the park and tire him out, and off the lead we walk through the riverside and we were walking at night and the barrier tends to go lower and we didn’t realise that and I think he saw a duck or something and he just jumped in!
“I was about to jump in myself, but people were telling me about the currents and the waters and obviously my mum was not going to let me do that, so I’m really thankful to Jordan for jumping the gate.”
Jordan explained the Creed, who was still a puppy when Jordan rescued him was “really struggling” in the icy water. He said: “When I climbed in, the current was taking him, you could tell he was struggling, he was really struggling wasn’t he and I tried to grab him and he fell back in, I was like ‘oh no!'”
The radio DJ stepped onto a pontoon on the water, but once he had rescued the dog he got stuck on a beam, which prompted a member of the public to raise the alarm.
Luckily for Jordan, the RNLI crew were out on a training exercise near Hammersmith Bridge, so they arrived at the scene within three minutes. The crew found Jordan sat on a float life with the dog, as people gathered on the riverbank to shine their phone torches at the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star so the RNLI team could locate him in the dark.
Rodas had no idea that it was Jordan who rescued her dog and went straight back to university in Nottingham after the rescue.
Explaining that it was only when the story was published in the Press, she put two and two together, she said: “I didn’t ]realise] at all, it was exam season at the time, and I was just focused in the library 24/7.
“My mum’s not on social media she was the one taking care of him. One day my brother was on his bus to school and his friend has his phone out talking about a story of a dog getting saved from the Thames and he was like “that’s Creed!'”
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