A grandmother dived into the River Lea this afternoon to save her grandchild who had fallen into the water.
All police officers on duty in Hackney also rushed to the scene when they received a call saying a toddler had fallen from Lea Bridge Road.
However, the youngster's grandmother had managed to jump in after her and bring the child to safety before emergency services arrived, at about 1.45pm today.
Both the 18-month-old girl and her grandma were given first aid on the riverbank before being taken to hospital.
Neither is believed to have sustained any serious injuries during the incident.
The MPS Hackney Twitter account tweeted about the fall, saying: "Call to a baby fallen into the canal off Lea Bridge Road saw the whole response team rush to the scene.
"All officers wanting to help, thankfully adults had retrieved the child and we have given immediate first aid. The child should be ok."
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson added: "A young child, 18-months-old fell into the canal at Waterworks Lane, Lea Bridge Road, E5.
"Thankfully adults went in after and rescued her, all available police units rushed to scene and were able to give first aid to the child and her grandma who had also entered the water.
"LAS have taken both to hospital for treatment. It looks like there will not be any serious injury."
