Port Talbot RNLI On First Call-Out of 2018
The lifeboat was tasked at 2.33pm on Tuesday 2nd January to assist in the search for a missing male.
In horrendous conditions the lifeboat joined the local coastguard and police in searching Aberavon beach for the missing person. Whilst the other services searched along the shoreline, the lifeboat scoured the length of the beach just off shore. After approx one hour the missing person was found safe at the eastern end of the beach by the police. All services were then stood down.
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