Fraserburgh RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew launched to medical evacuation.
Fraserburgh RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew responded quickly when their pagers were activated following an emergency call from the skipper of a nearby fishing vessel who had taken ill.
With Coxswain Vic Sutherland at the helm, and volunteer crew members Stephen Brown, Declan Sutherland, Nathan Whyte, Derek Wiseman, Mechanic Kenneth Ritchie and Lifeboat Operations Manager Hamish Partridge aboard the Trent Class Fraserburgh lifeboat Willie and May Gall left the harbour at full speed.
They were soon alongside the fishing boat and taking the casualty on board before speedily returning to Fraserburgh and transferring him to a waiting ambulance.
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