at that stage the wave came over and hit the front of the boat which in turn caused the window to break and the water was coming in. priscilla was sitting there looking at me. i was looking at the waves. i was like this is quite scary. the couple sends an urgent call for help. it s picked up by the rescue team in new zealand. i thought here we go. what we got now. we were told it was a boat in distress and if we could go out and try to find it. the may day calls gives a vague position. the pilot knows finding the boat will be tough. the helicopter actually went over us. it didn t see us because of the squalls in the water. it s now a nerve-racking 25 minutes since the rescue call was made. and at any moment the tormenter may sink. finally the rescue crew spots the boat.
once i started to be lifted i thought this is great. this is my rescue. by now, the boat is nearly under water entirely. and the dog is nowhere in sight. paul is bleeding badly from a cut on his arm as alex secures his hoist up. the couple watches as the tormenter sinks presumably with priscilla. the paramedics couldn t see priscilla near the boat. it appeared all had been lost. but as the chopper turns to leave, the bull terrier appears clinging to the last visible piece of the tormenter. couldn t believe the dog was still there. i thought the dog unfortunately drowned. all eyes turned to alex. does he have the energy to go back down? i said to crewman give me 60 seconds in the water.
the boat was actually beginning to sink rather rapidly. alex stewart, an experienced rescue driver, is lowered from the chopper. when they placed me on the boat, i had about two seconds and i was off it. alex knows there s very little time. i shouted to tina to get into the water and for her husband to go in the dinghy and get away from the boat. tina doesn t want to get in the water for fear she ll lose hold of priscilla. then a wave hits the cockpit and the dog goes into the ocean. she paddles toward him. we were out in the middle of the ocean, how did this dog get here? here s an added problem to the situation. alex s first priority is rescuing tina and paul. he focuses on tina. meanwhile priscilla is fighting her own battle with the waves. on his third attempt, alex gets the harness around tina and they hoist her up.
here s an added problem to the situation. alex s first priority is rescuing tina and paul. he focuses on tina. meanwhile priscilla is fighting her own battle with the waves. on his third attempt, alex gets the harness around tina and they hoist her up. once i started to be lifted i thought this is great. this is my rescue. by now, the boat is nearly under water entirely. and the dog is nowhere in sight. paul is bleeding badly from a cut on his arm as alex secures his hoist up. the couple watches as the tormenter sinks presumably with priscilla. the paramedics couldn t see priscilla near the boat. it appeared all had been lost. but as the chopper turns to leave, the bull terrier appears clinging to the last visible piece of the tormenter. couldn t believe the dog was still there.
cruising their boat off new boat the tormentor off new zeala zealand s north island with their bull terrier priscilla. we were probably half an hour into our trip. a rogue wave shatters one of the big windows. at that stage the wave came over and hit the front of the boat which in turn caused the window to break and the water was coming in. priscilla was sitting there looking at me. i was looking at the waves. it was like, hmm, this is quite scary. the couple sends an urgent call for help. it s picked up by the rescue team in new zealand. i thought here we go. what we got now. we were told it was a boat in distress and if we could go out and try to find it. the may day calls gives a vague position. the pilot knows finding the boat will be tough. the helicopter actually went