FIREFIGHTERS will be taking part in an epic Ironman challenge in support of a colleague's daughter who suffered life-changing injuries after falling into a river.
Seventeen-year-old Jodie Punshon was rescued by Bury Fire Station's Red Watch when she fell six metres in to the water while walking along the river path with a friend at Pot Green in Summerseat last June.
Jodie, who lives with her family in Ramsbottom, suffered life-changing injuries in the accident.
She spent six months in hospital, including undergoing treatment in the North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre in Southport after being diagnosed with tetraplegia as a result of the injury, meaning that all four of her limbs are affected by loss of movement and feeling.