Incidents at Port Edward, Fish River Mouth,
Jeffreys Bay and Kommetjie
drowning in progress at Main Beach, Jeffreys
Bay.
PORT EDWARD
Alan Stilwell, NSRI Port Edward duty controller,
said:
At 09h45, Friday, 05th May, NSRI Port Edward
duty crew were activated following a request
for assistance from Gert du Plessis, one of our
NSRI Port Edward coxswains, who while off
duty he had gone fishing on his private jet-ski
and he was reporting motor mechanical failure
off-shore of the Port Edward main beach.
The sea rescue craft Wild Coast Sun Rescuer
and on arrival on the scene we took Gert and
his jet-ski under tow and he was towed to
shore without incident and once safely ashore
no further assistance was required.
JEFFREYS BAY:
Ernie Schmidt, NSRI Jeffreys Bay deputy station
commander, said:
At 10h05, Friday, 05th May, NSRI Jeffreys Bay
duty crew were activated following reports
from Private Care ambulance services of a
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Our sea rescue quad bike with NSRI rescue
swimmers was dispatched and Private Care
ambulance services and EC Government Health
EMS responded to join Kouga Municipal
lifeguards who had also been activated.
On arrival on the scene we
found 3 swimmers, 2 16 year
old teenage boys and a 26 year
old man, all from Humansdorp,
who after being swept out to
sea by rip-currents they had
been rescued from the surf by
the lifeguards.
The 2 teenagers were not injured and they
required no medical attention and the adult
man was treated for non-fatal drowning
symptoms and he has been transported to
hospital by EMS ambulance in a stable
condition for observation for Secondary
drowning and he is expected to make a full
recovery.
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