THE RESCUE 116 Coast Guard helicopter, based at Dublin Airport, was sent to airlift a walker from nearby Howth Head yesterday afternoon.
According to a the local coast guard unit, they received a call late yesterday afternoon reporting a tourist had become trapped on a cliff edge some 50 meters above a beach at Whitewater Brook, on the north Dublin headland.
The Howth Coast Guard Cliff Rescue team responded.
According to a statement:
“The tourist, who was in his 30s, had got confused coming back up the path from the beach below and ended up trapped unable to move with a steep drop below.
Two Coast Guard members were able to communicate with the casualty and keep him calm while other team members were setting up a cliff rescue team to lower a rescue climber.
The Coast Guard helicopter then arrived on the scene lowered a winch-man to the tourist.
The statement concludes:
Coast Guard medics assessed the man who was a bit shaken but otherwise in good health and very thankful for his rescue in what could have easily had a very different outcome.
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