PORT ALFRED:
Juan Pretorius, NSRI Port Alfred station
commander, said:
cliff to the helicopter which had landed on the
beach and the patient has been airlifted to
hospital by the EMS Aeromed helicopter in a
stable but serious condition and he is expected
to make a full recovery.
KOMMETJIE:
Ian Klopper, NSRI
commander, said:
Kommetjie
station
At 13h15, Friday, 05th May, NSRI Kommetjie
duty crew were activated following a request
for assistance from 2 fisherman on a small
open fishing boat reporting motor mechanical
failure at Platboom, Cape Point.
At 12h50, Friday, 05th May, NSRI Port Alfred
duty crew responded in our sea rescue vehicle
to Bats Cave at a remote part of the Fish River
Mouth near to the Fish River Sun hotel where a
fisherman angling from rocks had reportedly
fallen down a cliff.
The sea rescue craft Spirit of the Vines was
launched and we rendezvoused with the
fishermen off-shore of Scarborough where we
found them limping towards the Crayfish
Factory Slip-Way under their own motor power
after they had managed to get their motors
started.
We escorted them to the Crayfish Factory
Slip-Way where their boat was recovered and
no further assistance was required.
The EC Government Health
EMS ambulance, EMS rescue
squad and their EMS Aeromed
rescue helicopter and a Police
K-9 unit also responded.
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On arrival on the scene NSRI and emergency
services gained access to the beach through
the Fish River Sun hotel and hiked through
barely accessible dense bush and over sand
dunes to reach the fisherman who was found at
the bottom of a 6 meter cliff and in the care of
the Police K-9 unit members.
TO REPORT A SEA RESCUE EMERGENCY DIAL
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Our NSRI medics treated the 49 year old man,
from East London, for a fractured right leg
(fractured Tibia and Fibula) and on the arrival
of
paramedics
pain
medication
was
administered before the patient was secured
onto a Scoop Stretcher and extricated from the
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