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Click on the link below to listen to 567 Cape Talk’s breakfast presenter, Kieno Kammies, talking to Gareth Woods, who thanks NSRI for saving the life of his friend, Paul Van Rensburg.The two men were washed out of the Fisherhaven lagoon in a rip current on the 24th of August:[audio mp3='http://www.nsri.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/NSRI_Kieno_kammies_show_567-CapeTalk.mp3'][/audio] Paul van Rensburg, 35, from Pinelands is treated on the beach. Picture Deon Langenhoven/NSRI Paul van Rensburg, 35, from Pinelands is treated on the beach. Picture Deon Langenhoven/NSRI
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