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Published:
June 2, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea
rescue hovercraft called to Brean in mud rescue alert
Coastguards
called Burnham-On-Sea's rescue hovercraft to Brean beach on Saturday
afternoon (June 2nd) after a 20-year-old man was reported to be
in difficulty in the mud.
 The
Spirit Of Lelaina hovercraft was taken to Brean Cove by road with
a crew of five volunteers onboard.
The crews were also accompanied by members of the Coastguard's
Mud Rescue Team.
Soon
after arriving, the emergency crews found the 20-year-old man,
from Bedminster, had managed to scramble across the mud to the
safety of the sand unaided.
Steve
Bird, Burnham-On-Sea Coastguard Station Officer, said: "The
man had been spotted a long distance out into the mud and with
the tide starting to come in, a holidaymaker on the beach did
the right thing in dialling 999 and calling on the Coastguard."
Our
photos shows hovercraft crew members on Brean beach during Saturday
afternoon's incident.
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