Helicopter on beach

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 19:50

See it landed along Joppa
Anyone know what going on?
I heard a few sirens earlier and see high viz jackets.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2009, 20:03

Can you see the inflatible RNLI craft, SD, must be opposite you? There's a chap who won't come in" and has, apparently, been there for an hour or so! So there are polis, coastguard, Royal Navy and RNLI along at the old paddling pool!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 20:08

They seem to have got him into the boat and dropped along at the helicopter
Saw the RNLI following him
Seems a bit strange to call a helicopter out for a swimmer who wouldnt come in.
Must be more to it
Chopper taking off now

Not often i'm up a ladder and see a helicopter flying past the window!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 20:21

The gossip is that he'd decided to kill himself
So the crew waited til he'd got too cold, hauled him in, delivered him to shore and off to see the hospital in a chopper

My praises to the RNLI giving up such a nice day to help people in need

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2009, 20:22

Glad it's all ended OK.

The goss just now has it that the demon drink was involved..it was a windsurfer who alerted the authorities, it's said.

The best bit was some fit young Frenchmen taking a dip just now................

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 20:27

The best bit was some fit young Frenchmen taking a dip just now.

If I wasn't covered in paint I'd be straight along

How do you know he's French?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2009, 20:30

They are a group of French guys have a beer and food on the Prom wall along at my bit - I know they are French 'cos zey spik wiz ze French veerds and anyway have polo shirts with French on them. They must be a group of sportsmen touring. Wanna see a pic???

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 20:31

Sounds more intersting than my blurry helicopter picx

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 20:43

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 30 May 2009, 20:50

Just back. We decided to take a post-dinner stroll along the prom just as the drama was ending. We heard that the guy was zipped into a body bag but it's all speculation at this point.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2009, 21:00

Body bag!! Probably some sort of hypothermia bag?? Did you see an ambulance, Bob? I didn't see one when I went for a neb at the helicopter.

Anyway, for those who like "toys":

and for those that like boys:

Or indeed they are for those, like me, who like both!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 30 May 2009, 21:15

Poppy wrote:

Never, ever, ever have horizontal stripes worn across the a rse looked so good.

Top marks, Poppy. I owe you.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 21:21

Doubt it was a body bag as he was still swimming as the RNLI boat followed him.
They seemed to be talking to him

Poppy that's a lovely view you have!
C'est tres bien

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2009, 21:23

When I were young, my laydee pals and I had a "content, presentation, and star quality" marking system for the male posterior. I think M. Stripey would have been in the top ten [but no-one will ever beat the one playing pool in jeans in a bar in Plockton in 1978 or thereabouts ......................

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Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 30 May 2009, 21:30

Looking at some other photos I took [but which I won't publish] there was a polisman trained in "negotiation" on the RNLI craft which explains why the craft zoomed onto the beach then went off again.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 30 May 2009, 21:33

Ah
wondered at that, the crew had helmets and high viz jackets/lifebuoys nut there was one guy didnt
He seemed to spend a long time leaning over and talking to the swimmer/
Makes sense now

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 30 May 2009, 23:04

Stuff 'Britain's Got Talent', the French seem to have it all.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 31 May 2009, 17:09

My God Woman! Why did it take you so long to alert us?! I wasted most of the day watching Mr E with his top off when all along I could have been down there for a far greater display

You can be really selfish sometimes.........

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 31 May 2009, 20:18

You'll never quess who were sitting feet away from us for a while at Murrayfield this afternoon...................

Zut alors!!

Had their trousis on though!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 31 May 2009, 22:11

I take it you could only recognise them from the back?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 05 Jun 2009, 08:13

This from RNLI website

Date/Time: 30/05/2009 19:05 - 20:40

Called to Portobello for a Person In Water

People Assisted: 1 Lives Saved: 1

The lifeboat crew were called to the aid of a man in the water off Portobello beach. The man refused assistance but, due to his condition and the sea temperature the crew were reluctant to leave him. A police negotiator was brought out to assist the crew in convincing the man to accept help, and eventually he did so.

The rescue helicopter from HMS Gannet, Prestwick had arrived on scene and had landed on the beach by this time, with a paramedic on board, and the man was transferred to the helicopter and waiting paramedic. His condition deteriorated rapidly at the time, but he has since made a recovery having been airlifted to hospital by the rescue helicopter.

The lifeboat crew would also like to thank a nearby windsurfer who initially tried to assist the man and waited nearby until the lifeboat arrived.

A longer version on the RNLI site says the man appeared to be known to the police. And I heard that he got out of hospital on Tuesday.

Grunk · Post by **Grunk** » 05 Jun 2009, 13:12

I was wondering if it was the Kinghorn crew or the Queensferry crew that turned up. I used to be a crew member in queensferry when I worked there.

Post by **wangi** » 05 Jun 2009, 13:43

The thumbnail for the news article on the RNLI site says it was the Kinghorn crew (the full article doesn't contain this info)

Is the coastguard car that patrols the prom and attended this incident too based at Fisherrow?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 05 Jun 2009, 14:12

Def. the Kinghorn boys as the long article on the RNLI site is the same as the one on Kinghorn RNLI's own website www.kinghorn.org