A coastal rescue team responded to four callouts in a little over 21 hours at the weekend.
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was called to Blyth, Whitley Bay and twice to Cullercoats between late Saturday night and mid-Sunday evening. Two of the incidents saw volunteers working back-to-back on Sunday morning as they first supported Blyth RNLI as they towed a broken down fishing boat back to harbour, before speeding to Cullercoats Bay where a swimmer was reported in difficulties.
In total volunteers collectively spent 24 hours helping with rescues along a 10 mile stretch of the North East coast. The four callouts brings the number the TVLB has so far responded to since January to 34, and with Easter just a matter of days away it is feared the brigade could break 2021’s total of 45 achieved before the end of April in what was to go on and be the busiest 12 month period in the rescue team’s near 160 year history.
