Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordons Bay station commander, said: On Saturday, 19 August, at 15h28, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated by NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) reporting a kite-boarder appearing to be in difficulty at Strand in front of Die Poort.
The kite boarder and his sail were in the water without his sail up and it was growing increasingly evident that he was in difficulties and adrift.
The person in difficulty had been noticed by EOC controllers monitoring the NSRI Strand beach safety cameras and while rescue services responded the situation continued to be monitored on the screens of the beach safety cameras by NSRI controllers.
NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew responded to our NSRI rescue base and the NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Surfski was launched while NSRI rescue swimmers and shore crew responded to the scene.
GB Med Sec ambulance services were alerted.
A man on a paddle board had also gone towards the casualty to attempt to assist.
On arrival on the scene, in strong Northerly winds, the casualty, a local adult man, found to be lying on the foil of his kite and being assisted by the unidentified paddler, was rescued onto our sea rescue craft and his foil was recovered.
He was brought safely to shore and not injured he required no further assistance.
The paddler was commended for his assistance.
The Strand beach safety cameras continue to assist at being an early warning device aiding to bringing attention to rescue services of bathers and craft in distress along the beach front.
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A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.
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