Passengers on a typically peaceful and normally uneventful Ferry crossing from South to North Shields witnessed a sudden surge of alarm on the River Tyne. It was an unauthorised swimmer in the water who prompted concerns for his welfare from crew.
David Punton, Communications Officer for Nexus said: “There was a report of a man in the water a few hundred metres down river from our North Shields landing, next to the North Shields Fish Quay.
“The pilot boat and the lifeboat attended the scene and a man was spotted and rescued from the water by the crew of the pilot boat."
