WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- Crews rescued a man from drowning in a creek in Northwest D.C. on Thursday night. DC Fire and EMS (DCFD) said crews rescued a man who was unable to swim in the 400 block of 55 St. in Northeast D.C. People around DMV, country report recieving racist text messages in days after election The man was holding onto a tree branch in the creek when firefighters arrived and he was evaluated by EMS.