Major HM Coastguard update as two children pulled from sea in Blackpool rescue drama
“The final job of the day involved a very serious rescue”
Two eight year old children were rescued from the sea off Blackpool yesterday - one found fully submerged.
The dramatic incident saw Coastguard Rescue Officers wading into the sea to pull the children to safety as day one of Blackpool Airshow drew to a close.
It came after a very busy day of lost children and ‘dozens’ of people cut off by the tide.
A spokesperson for Fleetwood Coastguard said: “The final job of the day involved a very serious rescue, requiring two of our CROs to enter the water and recover two eight year old children, one of whom was fully submerged.
“It was fortunate that due to our patrol pattern and the fact our CROs know the red flags to watch out for, they were in exactly the right place at the right time.”
It was the first day of Blackpool Airshow, a day that coastguards say followed its traditional pattern of behaviour.
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“A lovely day of public engagement and patrols with the occasional minor first aid incident and misplaced parent or child. And some interesting planes and acrobatics to boot.
“Soon it became multiple missing kids, dozens of people cut off by the tide, to be evacuated from sand banks.”
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