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Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:51 pm The rescue of a badly injured surfer off a remote beach near Karekare has won Rescue of the Year at Surf Life Saving Northern Region’s annual Awards of Excellence in Auckland on Saturday (subs: 17 July). The Award was presented jointly to United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) and the Piha Paid Lifeguard Service whose lifeguards combined to effect the rescue on 17 February this year. Lifeguards at the two clubs were alerted to the surfer’s plight by members of the public who had spotted him from a walking track above the beach at Mercer Bay writing “HELP” in ....
Press Release – Surf Life Saving Northern Region The rescue of a badly injured surfer off a remote beach near Karekare has won Rescue of the Year at Surf Life Saving Northern Region’s annual Awards of Excellence in Auckland on Saturday (subs: 17 July). The Award was presented jointly to United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) and the Piha Paid Lifeguard Service whose lifeguards combined to effect the rescue on 17 February this year. Lifeguards at the two clubs were alerted to the surfer’s plight by members of the public who had spotted him from a walking track above the beach at Mercer Bay writing “HELP” in the sand before collapsing. The Patrol Captain at UNPLS immediately tasked the Rescue Water Craft (RWC) to respond, and requested a crew member from Piha SLSC, to ensure both patrols continued to operate unaffected. ....
Auckland surfer who wrote HELP on West Coast beach reveals Hollywood movie inspired rescue plea 20 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read Auckland s most deadly beaches. Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand [email protected]@tomdillane1 In his last moments of consciousness after being smashed against Auckland s west coast rocky ocean cliffs for three hours, Ben Searancke admits he resorted to the survival guide of a Tom Hanks movie. Remembering the Hollywood film Cast Away he watched a few weeks earlier he ploughed HELP in the sand on Auckland s Mercer Bay. And then he fainted. His legs were gashed to the bone and his lungs clogged with sea water. He had tied a surfboard leash around one leg as an improvised tourniquet. ....
I was desperate : Surfer who wrote HELP in sand reveals movie inspired rescue plea Sun, 21 Feb 2021, 9:59AM Ben Searancke recovering at home with his wife Jenny and daughter Sylvie Hariata. (Photo / NZ Herald) I was desperate : Surfer who wrote HELP in sand reveals movie inspired rescue plea Sun, 21 Feb 2021, 9:59AM In his last moments of consciousness after being smashed against Auckland s west coast rocky ocean cliffs for three hours, Ben Searancke admits he resorted to the survival guide of a Tom Hanks movie. Remembering the Hollywood film Cast Away he watched a few weeks earlier he ploughed HELP in the sand on Auckland s Mercer Bay. And then he fainted. ....