The quick actions of an off-duty police officer out for a surf and an Eagle helicopter crewman saved a man's life when he was swept off rocks at a wild wes
Within 20 minutes, the pair realised they could be in trouble. “All of a sudden the engine cut out and a wave came straight over the top – that was half the boat. We started bailing out when the second wave came, really quickly.” The nose of the boat went up, tossing Ishigaki into the sea.
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Police asked a local fisherman to help them rescue Zak Grammer and Jordan Ishigaki when their boat capsized in the Firth of Thames Grammer was pulled under the canopy and popped up to find his boat three-quarters underwater. Both men were able to don their life jackets and scramble onto a nearby chilly bin.
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