Blyth RNLI volunteer crew respond to reports of person in the water
Volunteer crew from Blyth RNLI were paged on Saturday 5 December at just after 3pm to launch the Station's Atlantic 75 inshore lifeboat
The 3 volunteer crew members were tasked by UK Coastguard to reports of a person washed off the rocks at St Mary's Island.
After arriving on scene the crew were informed that the person had managed to recover themselves back to shore so were informed they could stand down and return back to the lifeboat station.
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