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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
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KAYAKER HERO IN SEA DRAMA A DRAMATIC sea By PADRAIG HOARE rescue off the Cork coast involving a calls were heard by the member of the public kayaker who heroically and Baltimore Lifeboat entered the water, managing saved three men from to rescue one of the men by drowning yesterday. himself.
A kayaker spotted the men in difficulty in the water between Horse Island and Audley cove, in the Ballydehob area, at around 5.45pm yesterday and immediately alerted the authorities. Their small craft had capsized and they were trying to swim to shore. Their distress
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Baltimore RNLI launched both its all-weather boat, the Alan Massey, and its inshore lifeboat and the kayaker directed them to the scene. Schull also launched its lifeboat. One of the casualties was a strong swimmer who managed to keep his friend’s
head above water as they waited for the lifeboat. Both were described as “desperately hanging on and near exhaustion” before they
● Three men in hospital — one critical — after boat capsizes off West Cork coast
were recovered by lifeboat. Medics were then ready to assist when the three casualties — all understood to be in their 20s and from the
SEA RESCUE: The Baltimore lifeboat, the Alan Massey
Feeling hot, hot, hot (and sunny spell will last for long weekend)
Skibbereen and Ballydehob areas — were taken ashore. A coastguard rescue helicopter from Shannon arrived on the scene, landed in adjacent playing fields and airlifted one man to hospital. The three men were being treated at Cork University Hospital today, where one is described as being in a critical condition. He was hypothermic and had swallowed a considerable amount of seawater. None of the survivors were wearing life-jackets and all were lightly clad.
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LOCAL girls May Mears, Gillian McCarthy, Eveleen Clancy and Ali Ahern enjoying the warm weather on Inchydoney Beach near Clonakilty yesterday, as temperatures soared. Forecasters predict the warm, sunny spell will last for the long Bank Holiday weekend. Picture: Denis Boyle
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