A dad-of-five who saved the lives of six people after a World War II bomb exploded at sea has died suddenly at home, two years after his 'heroic' act.
Lewis Mulhearn, who is from Skelmersdale, was caught up in an explosion of a WWII bomb when the crabbing gear of his vessel Galwad Y Mor disturbed the 250kg device. It detonated on the seabed 37 miles off the coast of Skegness.
The boat was destroyed by the Luftwaffe bomb, but as the captain, a badly-injured Lewis coordinated the rescue of his shipmates. The last man on the vessel, he ensured they were all picked up by a nearby Danish wind turbine ship, LancsLive reports.
