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Anienne Marsay
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 28 January 2019

Scuba diver rescued has sadly passed away

NSRI have learnt with sadness that the scuba-diver, a 26 year old Edgemead man, has succumbed to injuries in hospital and passed away on Sunday afternoon.Condolences are conveyed to family and friends.Original media release follows...SIMON'S TOWN:Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simon's Town ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 27 January 2019

2 teenagers struck by lightening:

Gerhard Potgieter, NSRI Gauteng station commander, said:At approximately 17h00, Saturday, 26th January, during a National rowing regatta at Victoria Lake, Germiston, after the regatta had been called off due to thunderstorms, and final packing-up was underway, a male rowing coach ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 27 January 2019

Dog dies from bee stings - Kommetjie. Swimmer rescued - Wilderness. Dog and hikers rescued - Hout Bay:

KOMMETJIE:Ian Klopper, NSRI Kommetjie station commander, said:At 16h47, Friday, 25th January, NSRI Station 26 Kommetjie crew were activated following a request for assistance from one of NSRI crew members reporting their dog, a Mallemut, stung by multiple bees in a ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 January 2019

Dolphin beached - Jeffreys Bay. 2 Scuba divers transported to hospital 1 in a critical condition - Simonstown. yacht assisted - Knysna:

JEFFREYS BAY:Ernie Schmidt, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty controller, said:At 12h43, Saturday, 26th January, NSRI Station 37 Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following reports from members of the public of a dolphin washed onto rocks at Lower Point, Jeffreys Bay.NSRI ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 January 2019

Fisherman missing

Reinard Geldenhuys, NSRI Agulhas station commander, said:At 04h20, Friday, 25th January, NSRI Station 30 Agulhas duty crew were activated following reports of a man overboard a Chukkie fishing boat (open fishing boat), off-shore, 2 nautical miles South of Arniston on ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 25 January 2019

Paddlers rescued in incidents in Gordon's Bay and Richards Bay:

GORDON'S BAY:Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordon's Bay station commander, said:At 07h20, Thursday, 24th January, NSRI Station 9 Gordon's Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following eye-witness reports of a paddler in difficulty off-shore of Bikini ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 22 January 2019

Mossel Bay: Body found floating in-shore

At 15h50, Monday, 21st January, NSRI Station 15 Mossel Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following eye-witness reports of a suspected body to be floating in the water off-shore of Mossel Bay Point.The SA ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 20 January 2019

Fatal drowning - Mnandi Beach

Vaughn Seconds, NSRI Strandfontein station commander, said:At 07h30, Sunday, 20th January, NSRI Station 16 Strandfontein duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports of a drowning in progress at Mnandi Beach.The NSRI Strandfontein sea rescue ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 20 January 2019

Bystander rescue using an NSRI pink rescue buoy

During the afternoon of Thursday, 17th January, Thea Fox Marx, the wife of Tommie Marx, the owner of Private Care ambulance services, Eastern Cape, happened to be at Hartenbos Beach, near to Mossel Bay, with friends when she noticed a ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 20 January 2019

Safety Alert and  Incidents at Richards Bay, Tableview, Witbank and Clifton:

NATIONAL SAFETY ALERT:NSRI are urging safety caution around the coastline between now and the later part of the coming week due to the Full Moon Spring Tide that peaks at full moon during the morning of Monday 21st January.Full Moon ...

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