2 Lives have been Rescued from Sea this Sunday Evening.
Police were called at 9:10pm after a ‘report of concern for the welfare of a women’ on the beach and a coastguard helicopter assisted the search. Henry Hobbs – a witness on the scene said a woman was in difficulty in the water and another woman went in to rescue her. The second woman swam so far out into the sea that she also began to struggle.
“The would be rescuer was rescued by police officers while the first woman was rescued by the coastguard helicopter.” Mr Hobbs has said. Police, Paramedics and also a Helicopter were deployed to all assist with the situation.
"The would be rescuer was rescued by police officers while the first woman was rescued by the coastguard helicopter."
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