Midnight call for Stromness RNLI Volunteers
Volunteers of Stromness Lifeboat crew were paged at 11pm last night to search for a person reported missing along the West Mainland cliffs.
They were joined by the Coastguard helicopter and local shore teams. After searching for almost three hours, a casualty was located on the shore and the lifeboat stood down at 1:45am today (Monday 13 June). She was back on her berth, fuelled and ready for service by 2:50am. Many thanks to all the crews involved for their efforts.
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