Swimmers Rescued From Strong Currents

Douglas Coastguard rescued two people that had got into difficulty swimming out to the Tower of Refuge on Wednesday evening.

When the volunteers arrived they people were clinging to the furthest out day marker from the Peveril Steps and were in danger of being swept out into the bay by the strong currents.

The Coastguard said: ‘We immediately got a rescue swimmer into the water to swim the 150m to them to secure and reassure them while our Marine Operations Centre tasked lifeboats and a helicopter, also holding the Ben-my-Chree on her approach to the harbour, fortunately we were able to stand down the assets we had requested as the casualties were able to be brought back to shore by our rescue swimmer.