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Boaties 'lucky to be alive' after night-time capsize 20km off Cape Brett (New Zealand Herald)

The Coastguard boat, Bay Rescue II, took about an hour to reach the capsized vessel 11 nautical miles (just over 20km) off Cape Brett. The IRBs arrived about 10 ...

It’s a timely reminder that people in small craft — particularly under 6m — need to wear personal flotation devices. It’s also a reminder that excessive alcohol and boating do not mix, especially at night.” The sea was warm so they were not suffering from hypothermia. It happened so quickly they had no time to retrieve their Epirb (emergency position-indicating radio beacon). “Given the state of the sea and the state of the crew they are very lucky to be alive. One of the men had to dive under the boat to find and activate it.

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Grateful family seek hero stranger who saved child's life (New Zealand Herald)

The family of a 6-year-old boy hit by a car in a South Auckland driveway want to find the mystery soldier who revived their badly-injured child.

Me and one other passerby in his 20s stopped to give the boy CPR because he was hardly breathing.” “He is stable now. He stopped and rushed to my nephew, who was not breathing, and performed CPR. “Someone told me his name was Matthew and that he has just graduated from the army. “Everyone was saying ‘he’s under the car, under the car’,” he said. “He was driving past the street when the incident happened.

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