Canoe rescue.A LIFEBOAT crew was called into action after a canoeist got into difficulty at sea. The alarm was raised by a fisherman after he spotted a canoe canoe (kən  `), long, narrow watercraft with sharp ends originally used by most peoples. capsizing and then sinking off Roker Beach in Sunderland.
Sunderland RNLI RNLI (in Britain) Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI n abbr (BRIT) (= Royal National Lifeboat Institution) → organización benéfica que proporciona un servicio de lanchas de socorro crew raced to the rescue, but the 17-year-old man had been dragged ashore by the group's instructor before they arrived. The canoeist was checked over by paramedics and coastguard officers on the beach. Anthony Jobling, of Sunderland RNLI, said "We would like to thank the fisherman for his prompt actions in dialling 999 and notifying the coastguard. "Thankfully thank·ful adj. 1. Aware and appreciative of a benefit; grateful. 2. Expressive of gratitude: a thankful smile. the instructor rescued the canoeist before we arrived at the scene of the incident." |
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