Police helicopter tracks down divers, WaveRunner | Cayman Compass
The location mentioned in the article "off North West Point Road" is the area north of the Seven Mile Beach in West Bay. There are some popular shore dives in that area, perhaps they were shore diving from Lighthouse Point when they got caught in the current? Whatever the circumstances - they were lucky in that a police helicopter just happened to be in the vicinity!
"The Royal Cayman Islands Police helicopter, along with civilian watercraft, managed to track down a broken-down WaveRunner, its stranded driver and a group of divers who were in difficulty, all in one Sunday afternoon rescue effort.
Everyone involved was returned to shore off North West Point Road, West Bay, in good health.
...At 5:41 p.m., while the helicopter was still in the vicinity [after assisting in the rescue of a stranded Waverunner driver], the 911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call of six divers having difficulties, also off North West Point Road. The police helicopter located all six divers about 200 yards offshore.
'They appeared to be caught in the current at that location and seemed exhausted,' a police statement on the second incident read.
The helicopter crew hailed a nearby fishing vessel and asked its operator to head toward the divers to assist. Three of the divers managed to swim to shore, the other three were taken on board the fishing craft."
The location mentioned in the article "off North West Point Road" is the area north of the Seven Mile Beach in West Bay. There are some popular shore dives in that area, perhaps they were shore diving from Lighthouse Point when they got caught in the current? Whatever the circumstances - they were lucky in that a police helicopter just happened to be in the vicinity!
"The Royal Cayman Islands Police helicopter, along with civilian watercraft, managed to track down a broken-down WaveRunner, its stranded driver and a group of divers who were in difficulty, all in one Sunday afternoon rescue effort.
Everyone involved was returned to shore off North West Point Road, West Bay, in good health.
...At 5:41 p.m., while the helicopter was still in the vicinity [after assisting in the rescue of a stranded Waverunner driver], the 911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call of six divers having difficulties, also off North West Point Road. The police helicopter located all six divers about 200 yards offshore.
'They appeared to be caught in the current at that location and seemed exhausted,' a police statement on the second incident read.
The helicopter crew hailed a nearby fishing vessel and asked its operator to head toward the divers to assist. Three of the divers managed to swim to shore, the other three were taken on board the fishing craft."
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