Following a pager alert at approximately 6.20am on Sunday, June 19, Arklow Lifeboat Ger Tigchlearr and her volunteer crew was launched to a report of a casualty in difficulty near Arklow harbour. Within minutes, volunteers were en-route to the area. They were not the first to respond to the alert however, as a local fishing vessel had also come to the assistance of the casualty and had been trying with difficulty to get the man aboard the fishing boat.
The man was recovered from the water by the fishermen and transferred to the Arklow Lifeboat. Casualty Care was administered aboard the lifeboat which then returned to the station immediately, where the man was transferred to a waiting ambulance.
Following the incident, Mark Corcoran, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer/Community Safety Officer said, “We’re thankful to the skipper of the local fishing vessel for assistance in this rescue, working together we were able to recover the man from the water in the nick of time. Working together in our communities like this is getting RNLI’s Respect the Water message out to those who need to hear it.”
