The man died despite a heroic
rescue attempt by his pal.
BDMLR spokesman Tony Woodley said: "It is past high tide and sadly they are having to give up the latest
rescue attempt. They have not been able to budge the whale."
BDMLR spokesman Tony Woodley said: "It is now past high tide and sadly they are having to give up the latest
rescue attempt. They have not been able to budge the whale."
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William Brown, 62, from Winchburgh, West Lothian, who witnessed the
rescue attempt, said: "They were trying to resuscitate him and I could see he had breathing apparatus on."
Another former hostage, Peter Shaw, also spoke of his terror as his rescue from captivity in Georgia descended into a chaotic firefight, similar to the
rescue attempt that failed for 28-year-old British engineer Chris McManus in Nigeria.
The ill-fated
rescue attempt was monitored on Twitter by TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, who owns a house nearby.
This encourages members of the public to urge the authorities to mount a
rescue attempt.
All of them perished in what turned out to be a futile, but ultimately heroic,
rescue attempt.
A fire brigade spokesman said the woman had been stuck for about two hours at the Chase pub in Plough Hill Road on Sunday night, before the
rescue attempt was made at 2.30am today.
Representatives of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Coastguard, which were both involved in the
rescue attempt to save Jordan, attended the emotional service, which was followed by interment at West View Cemetery.