Hastings lifeboat crew ‘overwhelmed’ by response to Storm Ciara rescue mission

By Stephen Wynn-Davies
Published 13th Feb 2020, 16:44 BST
Rescue teams search for a missing surfer in Hastings. Picture: Kevin Boorman SUS-201002-090929001Rescue teams search for a missing surfer in Hastings. Picture: Kevin Boorman SUS-201002-090929001
Rescue teams search for a missing surfer in Hastings. Picture: Kevin Boorman SUS-201002-090929001
The operations manager at the Hastings Lifeboat station said the extreme conditions during Sunday’s mission to find a missing surfer were ‘exactly what crews train for’.

The RNLB Richard and Caroline Colton crew were called at about 11.20am on Sunday (February 9) after a concerned member of the public saw a person separated from their board in the rough seas near Rock-a-Nore.

The surfer was found at Rye Bay shortly after 2pm, said the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

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