Miracle at sea: Sailor left bobbing in Pacific Ocean clinging to floating rubbish
23 Feb, 2021 08:25 AM
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Vidam Perevertilov toppled from the Silver Supporter s deck without a lifejacket. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
A sailor left clinging to an old fishing buoy has spent almost 24 hours bobbing in the Pacific Ocean after watching in horror as his ship sailed into the dark without him.
Chief engineer Vidam Perevertilov toppled from the Silver Supporter s deck without a lifejacket about 4am on February 16 as the vessel made its routine supply run between Tauranga and Pitcairn Island.
Perevetilov later told his son he had been feeling dizzy after finishing his night shift in the engine room and went on deck to recover, only to tumble into the drink.
Both people were returned safely to shore and were uninjured.
“This was amazing team work by all of the involved services,” Grey Bruce OPP Acting Insp. Debra Anderson said in the release. “Everyone worked together to safely rescue these hikers. This situation could have ended in tragedy.”
The pair of hikers had been walking on the ice near the national park when a large piece broke away from the shore, leaving them stranded. The floating ice continued drifting out into Georgian Bay, the release said.
Emergency services responded to Cyprus Lake Road at 2:30 p.m., with OPP being assisted at shore by Bruce County Paramedics, Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire Department and Parks Canada.
Two hikers stranded on an ice floe that broke away from the shore of Georgian Bay near Tobermory drifted for about three kilometres before they were rescued by an OPP helicopter on Sunday afternoon.
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Multiple rescue services investigate abandoned boat February 18, 2021 at 23 h 10 min Reading time: 1 min Aerial image of the boat shared by South Glengarry Fire Services on Twitter.
CORNWALL, Ontario – Multiple emergency services at the municipal, provincial and federal levels were deployed to investigate an abandoned boat on the St. Lawrence River.
The boat was observed drifting near Glen Walter in South Glengarry near the Blue Anchor restaurant at around 4 p.m. The boat was described as a 14-16 ft. duck boat bearing an Akwesasne registration number.
Responding services included the OPP, Akwesasne Mohawk Police (AMPS), South Glengarry Fire Services, The Canadian Coast Guard, and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre which deployed a RCAF CC130H Hercules and CH146 Griffon helicopter both from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron were launched from Eight Wing Trenton.