Lifeboats deal with life and death

A young man pulled from a sea loch after his kayak capsized On Sunday November 25 three young men kayaking in Loch Fyne got into trouble after one of them capsized. An emergency call brought the lifeboat from Tighnabruach to the scene, where all three of the kayakers were found at the water’s edge. They were rush by ambulance to Mid Argyll Hospital in Lochgilpead, but sadly, one of them died shortly after arrival.

Six days later, the Oban lifeboat launched at nearly 11:00 pm to bring a sick child to hospital in Oban from the Island of Mull. Two ambulance paramedics joined the Oban lifeboat crew and the six-year-old boy and his mother were safely conveyed to the Lorn and Islands General Hospital.