Home / Your City / Local News / Fire Engineering Student Hailed As Hero For Saving Drowning Dog Walker Fire Engineering Student Hailed As Hero For Saving Drowning Dog Walker By Anthony Gilmour on 18th February 2021 A student from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has hit the international news headlines and been hailed a ‘superhero’ after jumping into the icy waters of the River Ribble to save a dog walker from drowning. Turki Al-Shammari, 27, studying Fire safety engineering, put all fears for his own safety and social distancing aside as he fought for 15 minutes to drag local man Dean Lowe to safety. Dean had gone into the fast-flowing water to try to save his dog.