Sydney  - A 14-year-old Australian dived 20 metres from a bridge into an icy cold river to save a 70-year-old woman after he spotted a pile of clothes and read a suicide note, news reports said Wednesday.

Corey Warburton leapt from Grafton Bridge into the Clarence River when he spied the woman floating face down.

"I saw her move her hand towards her face and I kind of, without hesitation, ripped my shirt off and my shoes and dove in," Corey told a local television network. "I wasn't really feeling any emotion, or the cold or the water, because all I really wanted to do was get myself and the lady to safety."