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Scarborough yesterday and rescue news?

Postby derbyshire surfer » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:47 pm

Hi,

I went over to Scarborough for a surf Thursday night and went to get in Friday morning.
Got down to South Bay 'the spa' around 6.30(ish) for a surf check. I was down there with two mates and we were just about to leave when my mate 'Potter' noticed a guy in the sea. He was washed up against the sea wall and kept going under looking in a lot of trouble. At this point we were the only ones in the area so we grabbed all life rings we could and made enough contact to start moving him to a less dangerous area. We didn't know if he had already got the onset of hyperthermia as he had only a sweathshirt and jeans on and he'd been under a number of times. He wasn't speaking or responding either. We called Police and ambulance as soon as we spotted him and they responded quickly. By the time we got him to the ramp they carried on, we had a silver blanket and wrapped him up until ambulance got there. Guess we were just in the right place at the right time.
Eventful start to the day! Just wondering if anyone in the Scarborough area heard if he was mentioned on the news or if he was alright?
Other than that had a couple of hours 'fighting' to get out back and managed a total of one ride lol!
What bothered me later in the day was the massive swell hitting North Bay and the fact people were walking there kids along the defence wall when the road was shut because of the waves crashing over it! :evil: After seeing what we saw earlier in the day wanted to give them a good ticking off!
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Postby allyoz » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:03 pm

good on you mate! just a shame about your session, lol
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Postby aid175 » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:28 pm

fair play to you derby! :thumbs:
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Postby derbyshire surfer » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:08 am

Cheers for comments guys, gets the adrenaline going! I guess if anyone from Scarborough has read this then it hasn't made the news? Just hope the guy is back home and recovered.
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Postby MrJoe » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:05 pm

I'm sure he was alright; no thanks to you :) Good job dude.

I'll bet you he wishes he could meet you to thank you.
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Postby aid175 » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:05 pm

i think he atleast owes you a round trip ticket to indo lol!!!!!
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Postby PapaW » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:52 pm

Good effort there man!

Did you check the regional BBC website new listings?
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Postby derbyshire surfer » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:39 am

I checked the website and news no mention of anything. I suppose it could be he was trying to do himself in maybe?? Guess he wouldn't have been to chuffed then lol!!!
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Postby MrJoe » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:27 pm

^^^^ He's a silent hero 8)
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