Love Island star Jack Keating's mum Yvonne Connolly addresses cruel comments targeted at her son after he made his Casa Amor debut 'Switching teams was the best decision I made in my life!' Love Island's Amber Gill says she 'couldn't put herself through being with a man again' 'We urge everyone to take the warnings seriously and not to hesitate to dial 999 and ask for Coastguard if you think someone may be in trouble.' 'However, it is a very real possibility as the sands out in the Bay are truly lethal. 'A child stuck up to the waist, especially with an incoming tide, is our worst nightmare, as the possible consequences do not bear thinking about. 'Now there are many areas of soft quicksand close to the shore.'Īrnside Coastguard station officer Nigel Capstick said: 'Of all the scenarios we train to prevent and resolve, quicksand rescue is undoubtedly the most difficult and onerous. 'Thirty years ago much of the shoreline was grass or marsh but about ten years ago the river came right in to the shore, scouring away the areas where it was safe to walk. The men and women - illegal Chinese immigrants working for gangmasters for very little pay - could not be rescued after they were overcome by a combination of the cold February weather and incoming seas, which their leaders had failed to predict properly.Ī Lancashire Fire Service spokesman said: 'The sands of Morecambe Bay shift over the years and the shore has changed dramatically. The most deadly incident at the bay came in 2004 when 21 workers fishing for cockles drowned after being trapped by incoming tides. The return: Kavan was checked over in an ambulance, but was unharmed and able to go school the next day Morecambe Bay is notorious for its shifting sands and unpredictable tides, which can catch out unwary walkers on its huge mud flats. He was taken to hospital for precautionary checks but was back at school the following day. Kavan was pulled free in less than an hour and handed over to a waiting ambulance. It could have been a very different story.' 'We were in a very fortunate position - the tide was well out so we had time on our side. 'Mud sets like concrete so we turned on the water to liquify it, which allowed us to lift one leg out at a time. 'I knew I couldn’t get to him without getting stuck myself so I kept my cool and phoned the coastguard.'įire station manager Paul Dorrington said: 'We’d been practising on a colleague who was up to his chest in quicksand and had just released him when we got the call. 'He shouted for me so I walked round the corner, where there’s a bit of a cliff, and I could see he was knee-deep in quicksand. We were all trying to drag him out.From safety: The firefighters used inflatable walkways to approach Kavan without getting trapped themselves “The next we are stuck in the sinking sand up to our shoulders, Frank was covered up to his neck. “We took Frank yesterday one minute we were just walking across the beach. Marnie-Rae Harvey posted to Facebook to warn others, she said: “Do not recommend taking your kids to Crosby Beach. “But thankfully as soon as we got there the young girl rang an ambulance and showered him all down and she said he was in shock so she gave him biscuits and allowed us all to shower off, they were absolutely brilliant.” “We just ran, got all the strength we could and ran to the leisure centre. Frank was going unconscious at this point. They rushed him to Crosby Leisure Centre to get help, Catherine said: “We were all covered head to toe and shaking. “He does seem a bit better now but it has traumatised him.”Īfter getting out of the mud, the family said Frank started ‘going unconscious’ because of the shock. She added: “He is having nightmares and waking up shouting ‘I’m stuck help!’ “Our phones, towels, trainers, purses, everything was swallowed up by the mud but we weren’t going back in for it.” Never miss a moment by signing up to our newsletter here. The newsletter is emailed out first thing every morning, at 12noon and every evening. The Mirror's newsletter brings you the latest news, exciting showbiz and TV stories, sport updates and essential political information.
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