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Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station

News release

Issued by Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

08 SEPTEMBER 2007 – 11:30 SMT/070908-001

FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEWSDESK


Rye Harbour’s Atlantic 75 Lifeboat launched at 07:00 hours to recover an unidentified white male body in a wetsuit with a canoe spray deck still attached, 3 miles South of Rye Harbour after it had been spotted by the crew of a fishing vessel.


The body was returned to Rye Harbour at 07:30 hours where it was later pronounced dead by an Ambulance Paramedic. The Police and Coroner were in attendance at the time.

Richard Tollett, Lifeboat Operations Manager for Rye Harbour Lifeboat says:
‘This is the less glamorous side of the job but still very important. There will be relatives somewhere who have lost a loved one.’

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Notes to editors

  1. The RNLI is a registered charity and continues to rely on voluntary contributions and legacies for income.


For more information please contact Steve Tollett the RNLI lifeboat press officer Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station on email: Press Officer
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