WATCH: Terrifying moment injured woman airlifted from Solent waters in RNLI rescue mission

Name: Casualty Recovery
Uploaded: 2024-05-15T14:30:10.000Z
Duration: 23 s
Description: Luke Kierman, RNLI, has captured a video of a 22-year-old woman being rescued from the sea near Old Portsmouth's Hotwalls by the RNLI volunteers.

By Sophie Lewis

Published 15th May 2024, 16:31 BST

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The RNLI has shared a scary video of an injured woman being airlifted to safety after finding herself in distress in choppy waters.

The RNLI and emergency services all clubbed together to aid the rescue of a 22-year-old woman who needed urgent assistance. The young woman was trapped in the Shoreline near Fraser Firing Ranges and with a rising tide, strong winds and less than ideal surroundings, the RNLI, fire service, police and costguard worked together to get the casaulty back in dry land.

Helm Rob Gargaro said: “It was great to see members of the Coastguard, Fire Service, RNLI and the police work together to bring the the incident to a successful end in what were very challenging and deteriorating conditions.”

The incident took place on Monday, May 13 at approximately 12:58pm. For more information about the incident, click here.

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