Dolphins ‘Alert’ Rescue Crew to Missing Swimmer Stranded at Sea for 12 Hours

Dolphins ‘Alert’ Rescue Crew to Missing Swimmer Stranded at Sea for 12 Hours
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Lifeboat crews off the coast of Ireland rescued a missing swimmer who had been stranded at sea for around 12 hours after dolphins raised the alert.

A search party was launched from Castlegregory, County Kerry, on Aug. 22 when abandoned clothes were found on the beach. A volunteer All-Weather Lifeboat crew from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Fenit branch was deployed by the Irish Coast Guard at 11 a.m. Fenit RNLI’s inshore lifeboat and a Rescue 115 helicopter joined the search party.