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TIL about a woman being seriously injured while magnet fishing from a bridge. She had the rope tied to her wrist and threw the magnet over. It got caught on a fast moving boat which caused her to be immediately pulled off the bridge and into the water. Her boyfriend jumped in to rescue her.

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