dad has thanked a quick-thinking stranger for saving his son from drowning after he fell into a canal. Sean Donachie's five-year-old son Oliver plunged into the icy canal waters at The Kelpies after falling from a bridge on Sunday.
The terrified youngster, who cannot swim, was completely submerged beneath the water until quick-thinking stranger, Barry Saigeon, jumped in and pulled him to safety.
Sean, from Paisley, was visiting the Falkirk landmark with wife Lisa and their two sons Oliver and their eldest child, seven-year-old Sean, when the drama unfolded.
Sean told : "We had been sitting on the grass having a picnic. The boys were playing and it's a very child-friendly place so we weren't concerned.
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