PORTHCAWL | 16 DECEMBER
A fisherman was knocked off his feet and dragged into the sea after a large wave swept over a breakwater. Within minutes the crew of Porthcawl’s inshore lifeboat were on their way, and found him drifting a quarter of a mile offshore. Lifeboat Helm Ross Purchase said: ‘He was cold and floating in and out of consciousness.’ Crew Member Simon Emms helped the man aboard the lifeboat (pictured) and the crew took him back to the lifeboat station, where an ambulance was waiting.