Coastguard teams helped rescue a man who had fallen off a boat and into the water, clinging on for 20 minutes.
The Southend Coastguard crew were alerted to the incident near Wallasea Island in the River Crouch this afternoon.
The RNLI-Burnham on Crouch team were tasked to the casualty with the Essex Police Marine Unit standing by ready to assist if needed.
Thanks to the efforts of all involved, the RNLI crew were able to extract the casualty out of the water before the ambulance service put them onto a stretcher.
This came just as Southend Coastguard were arriving on scene having travelled from Shoebury.

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