Dramatic Durham coast rescue as coastguard airlift injured person to safety
The casualty was winched up by a helicopter and taken to hospital by an ambulance
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice An injured person was rescued by a coastguard helicopter after becoming stranded on the rock armour off the Durham coast.
new hotels have been added, but there are still many buildings that are low and will not survive if we get a 10 to 15 foot storm surge. still a lot of concern. the bridge off of this island, the two bridges, they re telling people don t go on it once winds are above 40 to 45 miles per hour sustained, we will not rescue you. this island will be cut off from any type of rescue operations. one guy is staying out here and he says i have five kayaks, and he said my plan is to get out and rescue people after the storm passes. because even the rescue officers may not be able to get here with the type of flooding they re expecting. s so a dire situation but at this point it s too late for people to leave and get some place