VIDEO: Fisherman plucked to safety after being washed from rocks at Tintagel
A fisherman who was washed off rocks near Tintagel Head on New Year's Eve was rescued by the volunteer crew of the Port Isaac RNLI inshore lifeboat.
It’s believed the man had been in the water for up to an hour.
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In huge swell and failing light the inshore lifeboat was assisted by a helicopter team and it took half an hour for the fisherman to be located.
With conditions too rough for him to be airlifted from the lifeboat, the crew volunteers took him in to Boscastle where he was then transported on to hospital by land ambulance.
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Phil Tidy is the RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Operations Manager at Port Isaac said ‘This rescue, happening late in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve, highlights the extraordinary commitment of the RNLI’s volunteer crew who are willing to drop everything to help save a life at sea. To know we helped someone in trouble is a good way to see in the New Year.’
Comments
by IvorWard
Tuesday, January 01 2013, 7:06PM
“Any body who lives on this coast knows what the wind and seas have been like over the last weeks, how cold the sea is and how nasty the entrances to Boscastle and Port Isaac harbours are, can probably understand that this tiny little story is a miracle of survival for the fisherman and a continuing testament to the extraordinary skills and bravery of the lifeboat crews in the tiny little rubber inshore inflatables. I need say no more.”
by chickendavid
Tuesday, January 01 2013, 2:16PM
“why do people take such stupid risks,not just with their lives but also the lives of the lifeboat men and woman,not to mention the cost of such rescues,think before you act”