Foreign exchange students caught in a rip-current
By Cindy Witten
17 November 2008
On Saturday evening the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Port Edward was alerted following reports of a number of people being swept out to sea. 19 foreign exchange students had gone swimming in Kids beach and are believed to have been caught in a rip-current. Some of the students who were safely on shore swam into the water successfully assisting those who were swept in by the current.
NSRI volunteers responded while life guards, ambulance services as well as Police search and rescue met at the scene.
NSRI’s Craig Lambinon says that the students are all safe. “As a precaution, six of the students were taken off to a local hospital for observation for possible secondary drowning. The students were released from hospital shortly after, determined by doctors that they were all in good health,” said Lambinon.
17 November 2008
On Saturday evening the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Port Edward was alerted following reports of a number of people being swept out to sea. 19 foreign exchange students had gone swimming in Kids beach and are believed to have been caught in a rip-current. Some of the students who were safely on shore swam into the water successfully assisting those who were swept in by the current.
NSRI volunteers responded while life guards, ambulance services as well as Police search and rescue met at the scene.
NSRI’s Craig Lambinon says that the students are all safe. “As a precaution, six of the students were taken off to a local hospital for observation for possible secondary drowning. The students were released from hospital shortly after, determined by doctors that they were all in good health,” said Lambinon.
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