Boy left clinging for his life holding a football in Stokes Bay

A BOY was left clinging for his life holding a football in Stokes Bay yesterday evening after drifting out to sea.
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The lucky child was rescued by a passerby around 9pm before lifeboat crews were deployed to assist.

The boy was given medical treatment by paramedics who arrived on scene.

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Hillhead Coastguard Rescue, who assisted Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service, said on Twitter: ‘Tasked to a person in the water clinging to a football in Stokes Bay. Working with @GAFIRS casualty recovered.’

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