"We both heard a loud plane sound," said Aboulian, who was collecting some supplies in her kitchen at the time. Then it started sinking into the Rivière des Prairies, a river that divides Montreal from Laval. WATCH | Video footage of the rescue:Laval woman uses personal watercraft to rescue pilot CBC News Montreal 1:02 Video footage captured Wednesday shows how Lydia Aboulian used her personal watercraft to rescue a pilot after his plane crashed in the river between Montreal and Laval. 1:02Nobody was getting out of the plane, she said, and her volunteer was asking her what they should do. WATCH | Lydia Aboulian tells her story: Lydia Aboulian explains how she rescued downed pilot CBC News Montreal 3:13 Lydia Aboulian jumped to action when she saw a plane crash in the river behind her house in Laval.

Source: CBC News June 23, 2021 23:03 UTC