Lifeguards rescue surfer who almost drowned in Cape Town – The Citizen

Lifeguards rescue surfer who almost drowned in Cape Town
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One of the National Sea Rescue Institute's rescue vessels. Picture: Supplied
According to National Sea Rescue Institute the 24-year-old surfer was at least 200m off-shore and had slipped under the water and could not keep afloat as rescuers approached her.
A 24-year-old woman from Bloubergstrand in Cape Town almost drowned while surfing about 200m off-shore of Table View Beach on Saturday evening.
According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), the woman was being swept out of sea when lifeguards spotted her at around 19:00.
Among those who responded to the scene were off-duty Big Bay Surf Lifesaving lifeguards, community medics, Western Cape Emergency Services, Netcare 911 ambulance services as well as fire and rescue services.

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