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The Galway father and son who located two missing paddle surfers off the Aran Islands last month recorded another rescue.
Atrick and Morgan Oliver pulled a man out of the Corrib River this morning after a pedestrian spotted him in the water shortly after 9 a.m.
The father and son located the man at Nimmo Pier and took him by ambulance to Galway University Hospital.
“We were going fishing around 9 am and one of the crew on the RNLI lifeboat from Galway told us there was a man in the water, so we went out and placed him on Nimmo Pier,” Patrick Oliver said.
“He was conscious and the jacket he was wearing was keeping his head above the water so we took him to Claddagh Pier,” he said.
Members of the Galway Fire “Swift” rescue service assisted, and the Galway RNLI lifeboat was also preparing for take off. The man was taken by ambulance to Galway University Hospital.
The man was seen in the water near the Spanish Arch in Galway City by a bystander around 9 a.m. this morning, according to Mike Swan, Operations Manager at Galway Station.
“The firefighters entered the water and took the man out into the middle of the river.
“It was a passerby who saw him in the water, called 999 and contacted the marine rescue,” he told Independent.ie.
Rescue services were alerted and the Galway RNLI lifeboat launched from Galway docks in a matter of minutes.
The Galway lifeboat was on hold during the operation and the man was rushed to Galway University Hospital.
Galway Lifeboat Deputy Launch Authority Barry Heskin said: “The quick response from the pedestrian was crucial in activating rescue services to reach the man in time.”
Last month, the Olivers located cousins Sara Feeney (23) and Ellen Glynn (17) several miles south of Aran Island in Inis Oírr, about 15 hours after northeast winds blew their paddle boards from the beach of Furbo towards the sea.
The cousins, who were wearing life jackets and tied the boards, had clung to floats attached to crabs. They have praised the Olivers and everyone involved in their safe rescue.
Ellen paid tribute to the Oliver’s and said she didn’t think she would have survived alone as the girls survived all night at sea by tying up their paddle boards.
After the rescue, Ellen said: “There was a helicopter and two boats looking for us, we could see them and we were screaming, but they just missed us. But we thought that in the morning they would find us.”
As the hours passed, Ellen and Sarah feared that no one was looking for them in the right place.
Ellen said, “We thought it was five in the afternoon and we hadn’t seen a single boat. But it was only 12. Then we got home, and the whole county (Galway) and Clare were looking for us. It was crazy.” added.
“Thank you all very much. I am so happy and grateful.”
Throughout their 15-hour ordeal, the girls survived wild seas, icy cold, thunder, lightning and torrential rain, largely in the darkness of Galway Bay.
Shortly after noon the next day, while all hopes were dashed, Patrick and his son Morgan pulled the cousins out of the sea.
Oliver used his masterful knowledge of the sea, currents, and prevailing winds to correctly pinpoint the pair’s trajectory. The distance traveled by the cousins across Galway Bay to the Atlantic was greater than Oliver had estimated.
Three Coast Guard helicopters from Shannon, Sligo and Waterford, two RNLI lifeboats from Aran and Galway, Coast Guard units from Doolin and Costello Bay, Civil Defense, and several local fishing boats and pleasure craft combed the bay of Galway overnight and in the morning. .
Last month, the Coast Guard confirmed that a review of the incident was “ongoing” and that it was “in common with all Coast Guard search and rescue interventions.” The Marine Casualty Investigation Board is not conducting an investigation.
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