Five fishermen at the St Lucia Ingwe Beach have been commended for saving two men trapped in a capsized boat along the shore.
St Lucia, South Africa (04 January 2022) – Jan Hoffman, NSRI St Lucia station commander, has shared his thanks to five fishermen from Ingwe Beach for aiding two men caught in a capsized boat.
The incident took place at 12h51 on Saturday, 1 January 2022. The NSRI St Lucia duty crew were activated following reports a boat capsized in the surf line at St Lucia Ingwe Beach. NSRI rescue swimmers and the Netcare 911 ambulance services were activated to assist the call out.
“On arrival on the scene the 2 local adult crew members from the capsized boat were safely ashore. It appears that they were trapped under their boat which was washing ashore in breaking surf.” – Jan Hoffman
Jan confirmed that at least five local fishermen, one armed with an NSRI pink rescue buoy, went to the aid of the two boat crew members. The men were able to rescue them from under the capsized boat and wade them safely to shore.
“The 2 crew members were medically treated on the scene by NSRI medics and they were brought to our NSRI St Lucia rescue base.
Netcare 911 paramedics continued with medical treatment and one of the men was transported to hospital by Netcare 911 ambulance in a stable condition.
The fishermen who assisted on the scene to rescue the 2 boat crew are commended.”
The NSRI urges community members to become pink lifesavers by reporting any missing pink rescue buoys to their Emergency Operations Centre on 021 434 4011. Your report could save a life. Fortuin also urged water users to immediately call the emergency numbers on the Pink Rescue Buoy sign or 112 from their cell phone for help if someone is in danger of drowning.
You can save lives too by sponsoring a Pink Rescue Buoy for a community in need at the cost of R1500 per buoy or by supporting the NSRI’s drowning prevention initiatives.
You can see the various way to donate here: www.nsri.org.za/donate.
If you would like to volunteer and assist the NSRI in protecting and maintaining the buoys, please contact pinkrescuebuoys@searescue.org.za
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