The Air-Sea rescue helicopter landed on the beach by the golf course car park at just after 6pm this evening. I'm assuming it was
air-lifting someone off to Moriston Hospital... Anyone know what happened??
Al.
i havnt heard anything, let us know if you do?
apparently Dan from PKS text me and said that they had pulled a kid from the water who looked pretty lifeless, fingers crossed he/she is ok
a rather upleasant ending to a great weekend, fingers crossed for the lad.
Ill find out ehat i can tommorow and update
Here's the info from the BBC website:
quote:
A Shrewsbury man is in a critical condition after getting into difficulties off the Welsh coast.
The man and one of two children were thrown from their inflatable dinghy, which was struck by a wave on Sunday afternoon in waters off Borth.
The child managed to climb back into the dinghy but the man was swept away.
He was later recovered on the beach and taken to Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth. The children safely reached the beach in the dinghy.
The RNLI's Borth Inshore Lifeboat together with Borth and Aberystwyth Coastguard Teams, the rescue helicopter from RAF Chivenor and the Cambrian Coastguard Sector Manager, were called out at 1730 BST.
Borth Inshore Lifeboat later found the children's father, who was taken onto the boat and given resuscitation.
Because of the man's condition, the helicopter was diverted to take him from the lifeboat.
The helicopter crew continued with resuscitation during the flight.
Relatives have been informed by Dyfed Powys Police.
For those that may be interested. Check this link.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/5072174.stm
A very lucky man, and good news for the local RNLI who did a good job.
not working for me Fish.
Don't worry Neil, it is exactly the same link as I posted earlier.
Al.
Sorry Neil, a bit of a waste me posting that. Al and I must have read the BBC page at the same time and thought to put it on this site
at the same (although Al beat me by 3 mins).
I read that this was one of a few rescues along the Welsh coast at the weekend, and not the only one involving small inflatables.
People need to take note there were some big waves out there yesterday and I'm sure the red flags were flying.
The red flags are alway flying... And people with inflatables in offshore winds are ALWAYS a problem... I'd say 8 of of 10 resuces that
I had to deal with involved people in inflatables and offshore winds.
Al.
not good news. although when you try and tell people that they should maybe not let their children swim by the estuary or when the swell is big, they just look at you as if you're stupid.
Definitely not good news....
quote:
Father dies after dinghy accident
A father-of-three who was thrown into the sea in mid Wales when his inflatable dinghy overturned has died.
Terry Woodward, 43, from Shropshire, was in the dinghy with two of his three children, when it was hit by a strong wave on Sunday near Borth, Ceredigion.
Mr Woodward was airlifted to Bronglais hospital in Aberystwyth after being recovered from the beach. The children safely reached the shore.
A spokeswoman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the service alerted on Sunday at 1720 BST and a rescue helicopter was sent out from RAF Chivenor in Devon, along with Borth and Aberdyfi lifeboats.
"Milford Haven Coastguard received a 999 emergency call from a very distressed woman who had just witnessed a man go into the sea at Ynys Las, Borth, when his inflatable dinghy overturned," she said.
It was a fairly nice day but the warning for everyone is that even if the seas are calm there can be strong undercurrent
Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokeswoman
"The lifeboat managed to recover the casualty to the beach were he was then airlifted and transferred to Bronglais hospital, Aberystwyth.
"Our coastguard was with the man's children when it was called out. It was very upsetting for them to see their father being airlifted to hospital."
"They did not require any medical attention but they were obviously very distressed by the situation."
The agency spokeswoman warned people about using dinghies.
She added: "It was a fairly nice day but the warning for everyone is that even if the seas are calm there can be strong undercurrent.
"There is a temptation to go out to sea when the weather is nice, but we advice people to wear inflatables if they do," she said.
the waves were gettin larger by the minute on sun, both myself an my son jordan got thrown out of the kayak at one point, lucky for us
we were in the shallows and both wearing bouyancy jackets. the whole incident has certainly made me think a little more.
kayak in waves and wind? sounds a bit silly to me, especially if one isn't comfortable in water..
BAD NEWS..
Just saw on BBC Midlands that man from Shrewsbury died as a result from drowning at Ynyslas Beach near Borth..
Very sad. Next time u see anyone doing anything silly at/in the water remember that we are in fact the lifeguards at Ynyslas and Dovey,
and say something to them to get them out of the water.
[Edited on 13-6-2006 by leonardo]
not much one can say......sorry for the loss, very sad news.
we are all very lucky in that we do look out for one another at borth, but let it be a warning to us all less we get over confident and
heaven forbid it should happen again.
Sad news, and very unnecesary!! Like leo says, every one needs to look out for every one.
on the saturday when we were in the estuary i pointed out to a bloke that his son who was drifting in an inflatable boat, was in the rip and it was an out going tide...he picked up his son and all was well....jsut think how he must be feeling after hearing the sad news today
Tragic news indeed.
Is there any signage warning of potential dangers - offshore wind/tide/rip.
What might appear like potentially dangerous conditions to water users may not be quite so to others?
There are a couple of signs further down the beach warning of currents, but often local authorities don't put up signs about such
things as doing so then means they are liable for anything that happens that wasn't explicity warned about!
Similarly they wouldn't want to put up a sign simply saying something along the lines of 'the sea and beach are dangerous don't go
there' as that isn't the message the tourist industry would want to portray.
The sad fact is, the sea is dangerous even for experienced, trained individuals who spend lots of time in it, no one can ever be
comletely safe and unfortunately it takes a tragic accident such as this to remind people of the dangers.
You can't imagine how devastating this must be for the family involved, all they were doing was having a nice day on the beach playing
in the water, one mintue everything was as good as it gets, the next minute tragedy strikes and nothing will be the same again for
them.... Our thoughts are with them.
Al.
Very sad news.
By coincidence I recieved a letter from the RNLI on Monday inviting me to make regular donations to fund their activities.
Because they are funded soley by donations they find it very hard to budget long term. Regular contributions enable them to plan their
finances more effectivley.
Needless to say I have now set up a direct debit with my bank & I urge any one else who can afford it to do the same.
These people very often put there lives on the line to help others for no reward, they deserve our support.
[Edited on 17-6-2006 by Fat Shady]
Here ya go... Just in case Fat Shady's comments prompt you to make a donation, don't do it later
DO IT NOW!
Al.
Hey Al
Maybe you could put the RNLI link on the home page so it's visible to all members/vsitors to the site.