Crew rescued the man in Morecombe Bay as tide ‘rapidly’ came in
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Crew rescued the man in Morecombe Bay as tide ‘rapidly’ came in
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A man who was trapped in quicksand as the tide began to come in rapidly was rescued in what has been described as a “surreal close call”.
HM Coastguard has confirmed it is searching for one more person who entered the water
HM Coastguard has confirmed it is searching for two missing people in the water
Emergency services attended the scene after receiving reports that a man had disappeared under the water
RNLI lifeboats, a Coastguard rescue helicopter and two nearby vessels were involved in the search
A man in his 40s had been reported missing
The alarm was raised just after 3.30pm on Friday (2 January) in the seaside town of Withernsea in East Yorkshire
