Title

Search for missing men in Strangford Lough

Genre

News report; Vox pop

TX Date

28 Nov 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:13

Description

Alison Hodgkins reports on the resumption of a search for two men missing after a speedboat accident which has already claimed three lives. A sixth man was rescued after swimming a mile in darkness and heavy rain when the craft capsized in Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. Includes reaction from unidentified local residents. (The dead were later named as Jackie McNamara, Hugo McCullough, and Ron Grant. The missing men also drowned: Chris Bell, 33, from Kircubbin, and George Sweeney, 39, from New Zealand. Stephen Martin was the sole survivor).

Contributors

Alison Hodgkins

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Shipwrecks; Northern Ireland; Missing persons; Boats; Search and rescue operations; Strangford Lough; Kircubbin

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