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PARAGLIDER CRASH

ABERYSTWYTH | 15 MAY
A paraglider, fearing that his flying partner had crashed into some cliffs, called 999. The crew of RNLI Aberystwyth's inshore rescue boat launched quickly, soon joined by the larger Atlantic 85 lifeboat. They found the casualty clinging to rocks with his canopy tugging him back into the water. Thankfully, he was unharmed but very cold. An RNLI volunteer jumped in to help him aboard the lifeboat, and safely back to shore.