Seaside Rescue............
By hollyeves
27 comments
I was just about to browse through everyones photos, when my daughter phoned me from the beach, which is 4mins walk in front of me….she said an elderly lady had slipped going down the stones to the beach…… the paramedics could not get her up the stones which are quite steep…. so they sent for the rescue helicopter………it was so loud circling round my house…. i went up to have a look as did most of the neighbours……. it could not land as the tide was in… so had to winch someone down with a stretcher this took quite a while the helicopter in the meanwhile was circling around…. as it got near to winch up the lady the seaspray was blowing over us and the force of the helicopter coming low was pushing us backwards…. very powerful……. the lady got winched up safely and taken away to hospital…….
i have just come back from seeing it………..
- 19 Aug, 2009
- 9 likes
Previous post: Sorry i havnt been on for a while.....
Next post: Birthday.
Comments
great photos..i hope the lady is ok...
19 Aug, 2009
Thank goodness for the search and rescue people. They do a marvellous job. Must have been exciting to watch. I hope the poor lady is OK.
19 Aug, 2009
Wow, thats it really, Holly, I've seen the lifeboat launched from Skegness but never seen the helicoptor so close. I hope the old lady is ok as well!
19 Aug, 2009
Yes, we should be thankful these people are there. I live reasonably close to Boulmer where there is a search and rescue team (which we are losing shortly...its being franchised out...ha.ha.).....We often see the choppers buzzing back and forth. I've even sat in one.......I belong to a RNLI Luncheon Club and we had a visit to Boulmer and went underground to see all the computers that track the airspace around the UK and watch out for baddies!!! I remember some of those airmen were very.....nice......lol
19 Aug, 2009
wonderful work they do
19 Aug, 2009
Great photos Holly...the air ambulance is the only charity I give to regularly as it is special to us for a sad reason & the Dorset/Somerset AA takes off about half a mile from our house & we see it go over all the time.
They should get more funding from the Govt.
19 Aug, 2009
The problem with government funding is that "they" want to run it and ruin it....((:
19 Aug, 2009
To true Lou, the RNLI is only so good because it isn't government funded, they don't have to have managers to manage the managers, who manage the managers. ad nausium..... and, if you want to know what this has to do with gardening, they have some lovely displays outside the boat shed at skegness !?! :~))
19 Aug, 2009
I'm pleased to hear it Ian....lol
19 Aug, 2009
I know that Ian, I can vouch for the lovely floral displays around the lifeboat house in Skegness I have been and seen them, it is wonderful to see, maybe you could go take some shots of it and post it up on a blog?
19 Aug, 2009
We've been several times this year and I've forgotten my camera every time :~((
19 Aug, 2009
smacked wrist Ian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
19 Aug, 2009
Doh, :~((
19 Aug, 2009
Great work from the rescue team, Ian you dont live that far from Skeggy do you.
19 Aug, 2009
No, Carol, only about 80 odd miles from here. Two hours by my car, 1 and 1/2 by anyone elses. Lol
19 Aug, 2009
How terrible ! I hope the lady is allright now. It must have been a nerve-wracking experience for her =:O
20 Aug, 2009
fantastic photos Holly , i do hope the woman is alright now.
oh and lucky you to live so close to a beach
20 Aug, 2009
that poor lady must have been in terrible state
all that noise and floating through the sky
would freek me right out
rather that than stuck on the cliff though
x x x
20 Aug, 2009
I had a car like that once Ian Nought to sixty in about a fortnight :o))
20 Aug, 2009
Well mine tops out at 56, I've been a lorry driver for to long to go any faster. Lol :~))
20 Aug, 2009
Rolls Canardly is it, Ian?
20 Aug, 2009
Thats Right Wagger, it rolls down hills but canardly get back up them again! ! !
20 Aug, 2009
LOL
21 Aug, 2009
Thanks 4 all your comments......it happened that i took a short video clip of the rescue on my camera to show my son...... i decided to send it up to our local meridian news...on the telly........So iwas very pleased when last night they had the story of the lady and my video footage of the resue helicopter on the meridian News at 6 oclock.....the lady was actually found floating face down in the sea and someone on the beach gave her cpr....before the paramedics arrived then the helicopter......
21 Aug, 2009
Very dramatic Hollyeves., It all happens down there, doesn't it? And well done on your video footage being televised. I hope the lady was ok !
21 Aug, 2009
Thanks paul.... Yes it was very dramatic........i havnt heard anymore on how the lady is..........
23 Aug, 2009
Recent posts by hollyeves
- Daylilys
8 Jul, 2015
- mind how you garden !!!
11 May, 2015
- Hotham Park
10 May, 2015
- solar peacock
8 May, 2015
- Garden in April
3 May, 2015
- Spring flowers
5 Mar, 2015
Members who like this blog
-
Gardening with friends since
14 Aug, 2008 -
Gardening with friends since
9 Aug, 2009 -
Gardening with friends since
21 Jun, 2009 -
Gardening with friends since
29 Mar, 2008 -
Gardening with friends since
13 Jun, 2009 -
Gardening with friends since
4 Apr, 2008 -
Gardening with friends since
26 Apr, 2009 -
Gardening with friends since
22 Jan, 2009
Goodness me what excitement, although I bet it was'nt for the poor lady, glad it came good though, they do an absolute brilliant job these people.
19 Aug, 2009