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Garda and Coast Guard helicopters rescue couple and their dogs

Crew spotted the man and woman had become trapped by rising tide in Sandymount

The crew of three in the Garda helicopter spotted the couple had been cut off by the rising tide and called emergency services. Photograph: Garda Air Support Unit
The crew of three in the Garda helicopter spotted the couple had been cut off by the rising tide and called emergency services. Photograph: Garda Air Support Unit
Mon Aug 03 2015 - 17:12

Garda and Coast Guard helicopters rescued two people on Sandymount Strand on Monday afternoon after they became trapped by the rising tide.

The crew of three in the Garda helicopter spotted the couple had been cut off by the rising tide and called emergency services.

The crew let the couple, who did not realise they had been cut off by the tide, know help was on the way.

Assistance was called after the pair got into difficulties while walking along the beach. File photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.
Assistance was called after the pair got into difficulties while walking along the beach. File photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.

During what was described as a “precarious” situation, they remained on the sand as the water level rose.

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The Garda air support unit crew rescued the woman and her dog and the Coast Guard helicopter arrived to airlift the man and his dog to safety . A RNLI lifeboat accompanied the rescue.

There were no injuries.