Harbour fall man saved (From Bridport and Lyme Regis News)

Harbour fall man saved

9:01am Saturday 8th September 2007

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FOUR teenagers rescued a man who fell 15 feet into Lyme Regis harbour.

Holidaymaker Josh Sheppard, from Seaford in East Sussex, jumped into the water at the Cobb to save the 57-year-old.

Three teenagers, who had been walking with Josh on the dockside, hauled the man out of the water into a moored fishing boat.

Rescue crews decided the best way to move the man from the boat was to use the lifeboat, still on its trailer, as a temporary ambulance.

The casualty was laid on a spinal board and lifted from the stern of the fishing boat onto the lifeboat.

From there he was gently pulled to and up the slipway to a waiting ambulance.

The three boys who assisted Josh Sheppard included his brother Luke and local boys Toby Guest and Simon Case.

The injured man comes from Chepstow.

Lyme Regis fire brigade and coastguards also attended the scene last night (Fri).

Earlier that evening, the Lyme Regis lifeboat assisted the 12ft speedboat Blast which broke down close to the Golden Cap near Bridport.

The vessel, carrying a father and son, had drifted into rocks but was towed back to harbour and met by West Bay coastguards.

Elsewhere, a coastguard rescue helicopter used direction finding equipment to follow a signal from an emergency position indicating radio beacon to Hurn airport.

The satellite signal was deactivated after the helicopter reached the airport.

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