A MAN’S life has been saved by fishermen responding to a mayday call off a coastal town as lifeboat volunteers were en-route.
Harwich’s inshore lifeboat was requested by UK Coastguard just before 7am on Saturday after receiving a mayday call someone had fallen from their boat.
The mayday call - the highest priority call for assistance – was made for Harwich’s lifeboat to search 2.5 miles south east of Landguard Point, Felixstowe.
However it was a crew onboard a fishing vessel who heard the man overboard call who were on hand to respond the quickest.
The skipper of the boat, Peter Caunter, said: “We were in the vicinity of the position given, approximately 1.6 miles from us. We made best speed and, arriving at the scene, found a small angling vessel with one man on board and another in the water beside the vessel.