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The newly acquired Pensacola Fire Boat was put to good use Wednesday when Pensacola Fire Department crews and Pensacola police pulled a man from the water on the west side of Palafox Pier.

Authorities responded to the downtown Pensacola marina after a man jumped over a guardrail into the water at about 7:07 p.m., according to a news release from Pensacola Fire Marshal David Allen. The man was unable to swim.

Pensacola police threw the man a line to hold on to and an officer jumped into the water to help the man until Fire Boat One arrived. Fire crews then pulled the man from the water with the officer?s help.