Today's most viewed
| TOP STORIES |  | | | | RETRO | | | | | | BEAT THE CRUNCH | | | | OUR YOUNG STARS | | |
|
|
|
Woman saved by riverside rescuers
A 36-YEAR-OLD woman was rescued from the Thames shoreline after falling onto mudflats as the tide came in last night (May 20).
Paramedics gave her first aid on the mudflats near Erebus Drive, Thamesmead, at around 10.10pm before she was put in a basket stretcher'.
Firefighters then set up a pulley system to pull the woman to safety.
The woman hurt her legs in the fall and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.
A spokesman from Plumstead fire station said: "Another couple of minutes and she would have been covered in water because the tide had turned."
Around 25 firefighters, from Plumstead, Woolwich, Bexley and Lewisham, took part in the rescue which took around 30 minutes.
It is not yet known why the woman fell.
10:30am Wednesday 21st May 2008
Print 
Email this 
Comment
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
