PERSON PULLED FROM SEA AT STONEHAVEN, NR. ABERDEEN
A Police Officer
and two unknown members of the public pulled a person from the sea in
Stonehaven Bay this afternoon.
At 3.00pm Aberdeen
Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre received a call from a member of the public
telling them that someone was in the water at Stonehaven Bay.
The RNLI lifeboat
based at Aberdeen headed through choppy seas to the scene whilst the Stonehaven
Coastguard Rescue Team went to the breakwater at the Tolbooth Car Park. The Air
Rescue Coordination Centre were asked to send a helicopter to the scene and
sent Rescue Bond 1.
A Police Officer
and two unknown members of the public pulled the person from the sea on to the
shore. The helicopter took them straight from there to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
for urgent medical attention.
Aberdeen Coastguard Watch Manager Kevin Brown said:
“We’re not sure how the person came to be in the water. The people
who pulled them from the sea to the shore was incredibly brave given the rough
conditions on the breakwater in Stonehaven today.
“With choppy seas and large waves we would
urge members of the public to take extra care along our coastline at this time.
If you do get into difficulty, or spot someone else in trouble, call 999
straight away and ask for the Coastguard."
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