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Emergency crews prepare to launch an inflatable raft to aid in the search. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

The rescued man being helped into an ambulance. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

Toronto police are still searching for a man believed to have fallen into the water near the mouth of the Don River.

On Tuesday night a man was heard yelling for help at about 10:30 p.m.

Emergency crews found the man in the water clinging to the shoreline.

He was rescued but told emergency crews his friend was still in the water.

A large scale search was launched for the second man.

Officers from the Toronto police marine unit launched an inflatable dingy and also waded through the water looking for the other man. .

So far he has not been found.

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