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From the Highlands of Scotland, to the coast of Cornwall,

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the Great British countryside is spectacular.

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But we work and play in it at our peril.

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SIREN WAILS

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And when things go wrong,

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the emergency services race to the rescue...

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This chap is having a heart attack and we need to get him in quickly.

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You're under arrest for failing to stop for police.

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..going hundreds of miles against the clock,

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battling the elements and braving the weather.

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Lower the winch.

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From fields and forests to cliffs and country roads,

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we'll be right at the heart of the action

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with police fighting crime...

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I've got suspicions that there might be cannabis being used.

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..paramedics saving lives...

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BABY CRIES

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..and wardens safeguarding our lakes.

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Come out of the way.

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We're there as the emergency services pull together

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to pick up, patch up and protect the public.

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This is Countryside 999.

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Coming up - coppers in County Durham face a difficult arrest.

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-Arrested for what?!

-Stay still.

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SUSPECT ROARS

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On the Isle of Man, it's a tough break for a brave mum...

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-The hips are fine.

-Hips are. Yeah, that's OK.

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-Argh, I can't move.

-No, it's OK.

-Don't worry, don't worry.

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..and HMS Gannet makes a dramatic cliff rescue on the Fife Coast.

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County Durham in the North East of England.

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862 square miles of rolling fields...

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..wide-open moorland and ancient communities.

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This diverse rural area is policed by Durham Constabulary.

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Their beat is vast and largely peaceful.

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But crime can happen in the most unexpected places.

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So they need to be ready for anything.

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PC Colin Brown is based at Consett Police Station.

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I've been a police officer for a total of...12 years.

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'Most people join the job to help people, to make a difference.'

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And also to catch the baddies, so to speak.

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A call's come in from the village of Shotley Bridge,

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a mile and a half from the station in Consett.

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Now Colin's on a manhunt.

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We've had a report of a burglary at a...

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a sandwich shop, which is just the other side of this field,

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in the top right-hand corner with the male.

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He's, erm...made off across this field.

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A member of the public's reported a burglar fleeing the scene.

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All available squad cars are scrambled to find the suspect.

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Even the chopper's out.

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Police helicopter's overhead doing a search of the open areas

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and gardens, and anyone looking like they're hiding.

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There's the dog man.

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We've got the police dog out from the last sighting of this male,

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trying to follow a track of where this suspect has gone to.

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The officers meet at the scene of the burglary...

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..a local shop that had closed for the day.

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Victim, shopkeeper Caroline, arrived to find chaos.

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Me son rang and said,

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"Mam, somebody's been to the house to say the shop's been broke into,"

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and then I jumped in the van to come down here.

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I've been here in this shop 14 years, it's been a lot longer

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than that, and I've never, ever had anything like this before.

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Didn't think we would ever have anything like this.

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Martin Willis is the sergeant in charge.

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Colin, you're round the back.

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He's just received a tip-off.

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They leg it to a nearby house...

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..where they've been told the suspects are hiding out.

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PC Colin Smith joins PC Colin Brown.

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'At that point, the adrenaline's going a bit and you're going into

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'the unknown. You don't know if they're going to be there,

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'you don't know if they're going to kick up a fuss or come compliantly.

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'It's a moment of tension.'

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Officers are at the front of the house and here at the back.

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The place is surrounded.

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'We always try and...what we call front-and-back an address to try'

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and stop anyone from making off if we knock on the front door.

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There's always a chance that they

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could run out the back door and away.

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With everyone in place, officers enter the front of the house.

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'We've knocked on the door and we've found our two suspects'

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in the address, so right now they've both been arrested.

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We're going to conduct a house search and see

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if we can find any of the stolen property.

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Now the arrests are in progress,

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the lads proceed to the front of the property.

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PC Colin Smith takes a short-cut

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while the others walk round the block.

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This is an excellent example of where the community come out

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and help us out.

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A lot of people have come and told us, given us names,

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telling us what they've seen because, you know, they're concerned

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about the people in the community, which is brilliant.

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But while they're on their way, news comes in.

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'We could hear, on the radio, a few brief transmissions of a

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'disturbance inside,

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'but couldn't get a clear update from the officers.'

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The arrests have turned violent.

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SUSPECT SHOUTS AND SWEARS

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From a manhunt...

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..to the Isle of Man.

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With a dramatic coastline, sandy beaches

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and welcoming Manx people...

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..it's no wonder nearly 300,000 visitors come to the

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33-mile-long island every year,

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bringing more than £100 million into the local economy.

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But all these holiday-makers put pressure

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on the island's emergency services.

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The Isle of Man Ambulance Service has three stations

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and a team of 42 ready to blue-light to any crisis.

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Technician Lisa Montgomery and Paramedic Kevin Airy

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have worked together for seven years.

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Just doing vehicle checks at the moment, start of the shift,

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so, erm, just doing the drug check,

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making sure we've got everything here,

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ready to go for that first job.

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The first emergency call of the day comes in.

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SIREN WAILS

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OVER RADIO:

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Just got a job onto Douglas Promenade,

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believe there's a lady, she's had a fall

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on the seaside off the promenade and sustained an arm injury.

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So we'll just pop down and assess what injuries she's had.

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She is fully conscious and sat on a bench, waiting for us.

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Trips and falls are the number one cause of 999 calls

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on the island, at 1,500 a year.

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From their current location in Douglas,

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the crew speed to the seafront.

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They're looking out for a patient on the two-mile promenade.

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We're not quite sure where it is along here.

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We'll just keep an eye out, see if we can pick her up.

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Problem is, there's people sitting on all these benches

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along the promenade here.

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-This isn't...

-Is that...?

-I don't know.

-Is that her?

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Locating the patient isn't their only challenge.

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It's pretty busy on the promenade itself here.

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We've got the horse trams, which are running up and down, as well,

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which can hold the traffic up a little bit.

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Is that them over there? Yes, here we are.

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OK, we've got them now, just arriving at the scene.

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Alpha 116 on scene.

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Hello, my love.

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-And what's your name?

-My name's Jenny.

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Jenny, I'm Kevin.

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71-year-old Jenny is on holiday with her husband, Peter.

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Jenny, what's happened this morning?

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I was walking along and I tripped.

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I felt myself going, and I did some running steps,

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but I couldn't stop myself and I fell on my arm.

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-So, you've fallen down, on this....

-On, just...

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-On this concrete here.

-Just a little bit along there.

-Right, OK.

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And I... My eyes went all misty, I couldn't see too good.

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-Afterwards?

-But that's cleared.

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-That was after the fall, your eyes went misty?

-That was after the fall.

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I felt sick, but I wasn't sick.

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It's made me feel I want to go to the toilet, but that's probably shock.

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-You're holding this arm here.

-It's hurting, it's hurting there.

-Right

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You fell on it, didn't you?

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Jenny and Peter are only one day into their trip.

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What I need to do,

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I just want to check your collar bone first, the way you're holding.

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-Can I just check?

-Yes.

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-Is that all OK there?

-Yes.

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-Feels OK?

-Yes.

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And you can feel me touching down here?

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Yes, I can.

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-Can you feel me touching here?

-I can feel you there.

-OK, that's good.

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I think what we need to do is...

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I wouldn't be surprised if you've got a fracture of the arm, there.

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Yes, it wouldn't surprise me.

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If you could support your arm, just till we get you in the ambulance,

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we'll get you on the trolley, we'll take this top bit of clothing off

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and just see if we can see the injury site, and just see if we can pinpoint what's going on.

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Kevin needs to examine the arm more thoroughly.

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I can see there's a fracture of the arm there,

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I can feel the fracture, just the movement there.

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So, we'll just pop this triangular bandage on, just to support that.

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It looks like her arm is broken and, if it's broken, it's going to hurt.

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-Jenny, what's that pain like at the moment?

-It's not bad, not bad.

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-We can give you something for the pain.

-I just feel a bit woozy.

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No, I don't need anything for the pain.

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Are you sure? Right, OK.

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Just swing your legs up there, my love.

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'She's sustained what looks to be a fracture just above the left elbow

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'to the humorous.

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'She refused any pain relief, she's quite happy with it.'

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It's a ten-minute journey to Noble's Hospital,

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just outside Douglas.

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Not a great start to her holiday,

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but at least she's being well looked-after.

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The passers-by were very good.

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They all stopped to see if they could help.

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All wanted to help

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They got me to the seat where I sat and recovered a bit,

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and then my husband went back to the hotel

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and they came across and called the ambulance, and here I am.

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Always nice to meet new people and these people are on their holidays,

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it's a shame it happened to them,

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they're over here for a little break but, you know, a little "break".

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Not a break to the arm!

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With Jenny in safe hands, Kevin and Lisa are back on duty.

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And soon, there's another 999 call.

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Oh, no.

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In County Durham.....

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Police officers are rushing to a violent scene at a house.

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They're trying to arrest suspects in a shop burglary.

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But they're resisting arrest.

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-Get your

-BLEEP

-off me head!

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Calm yourself down!

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SUSPECT SHOUTS AGGRESSIVELY

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The coppers need to restrain the suspects to take them into custody.

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SUSPECT GROANS

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-Me wrist!

-BLEEP.

-Me wrist!

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Stay still.

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SUSPECT SCREAMS

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Just keep still, don't try and bite me.

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It's not good to bite me, don't try and do that.

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-Will you get that

-BLEEP

-out my face?

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Just wait, don't resist!

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Stop resisting.

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I didn't kick off. I didn't kick off, I'm not...

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Ow, ow!

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You're stood on me toe!

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PC Colin Smith is in the thick of it.

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Clearly, people don't like getting arrested.

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They don't like having their liberty taken and they decided

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to resist arrest and, therefore, the situation you've seen,

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they decided to fight with us and abuse us and spit at us.

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One suspect is so aggressive,

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handcuffs and leg restraints are the only option.

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Come on, then.

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-I am not... Why the

-BLEEP...

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Just let us stand up, then! Let us stand up, then!

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But the level of verbal aggro from this suspect is off the charts.

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The language used by particularly one male was very offensive,

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and very racially aggressive towards PC Smith.

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Look how many bizzies it takes for yous!

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'There's not much else that could have been said to insult him

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'or wind him up.'

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Up you get, come on.

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BLEEP.

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We've already pulled his trousers up.

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SUSPECT SPITS

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Assault PC!

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All right, get...

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BLEEP.

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SUSPECT ROARS

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Up you get, come on.

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We're professionals,

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and you can't let your emotions override your actions.

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You have to deal with these people in a professional manner,

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in a professional time,

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and make sure no-one gets hurt and they don't get hurt.

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-SUSPECT:

-Under arrest for assault!

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They're trying to get a rise out of us and we can't bite.

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Yes, I didn't like the situation, I didn't like the abuse,

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it was the worst I've ever come across, but I wasn't going to let...

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I wasn't going to fall to his level, I wasn't going to let him get me.

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It's been a difficult collar, and a bruising one.

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Whilst conveying one of the males to the van,

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he's decided to spit upon me, as you can see,

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on my right sleeve,

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which isn't a very pleasant thing to have done.

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The adrenaline goes, but we're all professionals.

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We've been in this situation many times before,

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we just don't overreact to it and don't react to them,

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cos what they want is to get a reaction out of us.

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My job is paid to protect you, the public, and that's what I have to do.

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And sometimes it's not very pleasant, it can get nasty,

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you can get hurt - I've been cut, you know, blood everywhere.

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I've been spat at.

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It's just one of the natures of the job.

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With the suspects in custody,

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the officers update burglary victim Caroline.

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They've told us they've arrested somebody

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and took them off to be interviewed.

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I'm chuffed to bits with it all.

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How they've... How it's been handled.

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And Shotley Bridge's usually quiet streets can get back to normal.

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I'm very proud of them.

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I've seen them face some horrendous abuse.

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These are our colleagues and these are the people that I entrust my life to on a daily basis,

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and here when I see them get hurt and injured, it upsets me.

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Yeah, I care for them, they're my family when I'm here,

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and I massively care about them,

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so it is very difficult to see them come away injured.

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I dealt with him best I could, hopefully in a professional manner.

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He didn't get... I didn't get hurt, I went home to see my wife and kids.

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Going home de-stresses you.

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The kids come up and ask if I caught any robbers today

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and I said, "Yes, I have, son."

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The Scottish mainland.

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Much of it a vast and beautiful wilderness.

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But ringing that remote landscape is even wilder country.

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790 islands dotted around 6,000 miles of coastline.

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It's some of the most dramatic terrain in Britain,

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but when there's a medical emergency,

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getting to those islands can be a nightmare.

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But there's one team who are always up to the job -

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the Royal Navy Search and Rescue Unit, HMS Gannet.

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This elite team fly from Prestwick on the country's west coast.

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20 feet, 15 feet...

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On call 24/7,

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they clock up around 300 missions a year.

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-Is it just one casualty?

-One casualty, yeah.

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Paramedic and winchman Taff Ashman

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has been with Royal Navy Search and Rescue for ten years.

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The stuff that I really enjoy about working in search and rescue

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is job satisfaction.

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The fact that I'm making a genuine difference to people

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and helping them.

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You OK?

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And it's the variety of the work that we get, as well.

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It's something that could not ever been described as a

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9-5 office-type job.

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This is Rescue 177, how do you read?

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Rescue 177, go.

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Today, Taff's crewmate, Chris Flynn,

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the team's winch operator and observer, is taking a call.

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The 11-year-old boy has had a seizure,

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caused by an existing brain tumour.

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He needs emergency medical care - fast.

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From their base, the team are flying west to Bute,

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an island in the Firth of Clyde.

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As the crow flies, it's nearly 30 miles.

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This chopper can do it in under ten minutes.

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100 yards to run.

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Good line, 50 yards.

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They're landing in the town of Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute.

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The patient is brought to the helicopter by ambulance.

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Young Mark was on holiday on the island with his aunt, Jacqueline,

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when he suffered a seizure.

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But Mark's a brave lad.

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He's looking forward to his first trip on a helicopter.

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And there's one part of the flight he's particularly excited about.

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Taff and the ground paramedics carefully start Mark's transfer.

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Mark needs specialist paediatric care

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at Glasgow's Royal Hospital For Children.

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Part of the biggest critical care complex in Scotland.

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An ambulance using road and ferry would take two hours,

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but Gannet gets him there in under 15 minutes.

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Roger running in.

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You've got probably about 100 yards to run.

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The element of speed was what was really important today.

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Three...

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two...

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one.

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Tail on.

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We got Mark, today, to a hospital where he needed to be,

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and, you know, hopefully things can progress.

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Helping kids like Mark can affect the crew.

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Most of us at Gannet are parents.

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So, if you end up picking up children,

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it brings it a lot nearer to home.

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When we did land in the hospital,

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he did lean up and say he wanted a high five

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cos he'd just had a helicopter ride!

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Taking vulnerable patients to specialist care

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is a big part of this team's role.

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But another day, another shift.

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And a new crisis.

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On the Isle of Man,

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technician Lisa Montgomery and paramedic Kevin Airie

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are blue-lighting to a call-out.

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There's a lady fallen out of a wheelchair.

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She's conscious, she's alert,

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but we're unaware of what injuries she's sustained in this at present.

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They're speeding from their current location near Kirk Michael

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to Ramsey, in the north-east.

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A local volunteer trained in first aid, and known as a first responder,

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is already with the casualty.

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Do you know who it is?

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Lisa and Kevin think they know the casualty.

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-It is her.

-It is her, yeah.

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-Hi, Jay.

-She's an amputee, she's fallen out of her wheelchair,

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head over heels,

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-and she's very painful on her left knee where the amputee is.

-OK.

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She thinks it could be maybe broken.

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It's a lot more swollen than normal.

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She was going to take her strapping off, but I told her to leave it on.

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-Hello. I forget your name, what is your name?

-Zara.

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Zara, that's right. So what's happened here, you've gone off the pavement have, you?

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I didn't come off the pavement.

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I lost control of the casters on the front of the wheelchair,

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and I came forward, and I was using my leg to break,

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to slow my speed down,

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and then I just went forward.

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So, you've come forward out of the chair?

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Yeah, and I landed... All my weight landed on the knee.

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Right, OK.

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16 months ago, she had a below-knee amputation.

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She'd been at the hospital for an appointment

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and was going back down the hill.

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The wheelchair just seemed to gain speed and get out of control,

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and she was tipped out of the front of it and she landed on the stump.

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What might be best, if we assist you into your chair

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and put our ramp down on here, wheel you onto the ambulance,

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once you're on there, we can give you some....

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Zara's lower leg was recently amputated due to a blocked vein.

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Now there might be a fracture to her femur, or thigh bone.

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ZARA SCREAMS

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-That's OK.

-Oh, I can't move.

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It's OK, don't worry. Don't worry, don't worry.

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Do you want something for the pain first before we move you?

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-Yes, please!

-You do? Right, OK.

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Once we arrived on scene, it became apparent Zara was in a lot of pain.

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So, initially, yeah, it was all pain management we gave her,

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an oral morphine solution.

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For single mum Zara, this new injury is a big blow.

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Where are the boys?

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-My youngest one has started in...Ramsey Grammar.

-OK.

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-Starting at the Grammar?

-He is, yeah.

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Oh, that's scary, isn't it?

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I'm supposed to be getting their uniforms sorted out tonight.

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Let me just check your pulse there.

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Kevin will wait for the morphine to kick in

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before helping Zara into the ambulance.

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Right. OK, just open wide, let's have a little...

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ZARA SCREAMS

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Oh, oh, oh!

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-Yowzer, yowzer. Sorry!

-It's OK.

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Now, what I want to do is to spin round and sit on there, if you can.

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Yep, OK.

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-You OK there, Jay?

-Yeah, fine.

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-Take a hop.

-Yeah, fine this side.

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Go a bit more, Lise, a bit higher.

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OK, if I put my arm down.

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I've got you this side, as well, don't worry.

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Easy done.

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So, the boys doing all right? Are they behaving themselves?

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As much as little teenagers can get away with.

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Yeah! No, they're doing really good.

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I've been independent for so long,

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even straight from hospital, I was up doing things myself.

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Yeah, even looking after the boys, you know, I'm a single parent.

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You know, you've just got to get on with it.

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You really do.

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Yeah, tough going.

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It is.

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But, to be honest, I don't...

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It doesn't feel like I know any different now.

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It's 15 miles to Nobel's Hospital.

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On bumpy country roads, it's a difficult journey.

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Some Entonox, or gas and air, eases Zara's pain.

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Short-acting painkiller.

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Once she stops taking it, you know, the effects of the drug

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will wear off and the pain will return.

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How are you feeling, Zara?

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-I'm OK.

-A bit better with that?

-A little bit better.

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A 25-minute journey later,

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Zara's transferred to the hospital nurses.

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Right, we'll do a ready, steady, slide, and we'll go on "slide", OK?

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Ready, steady, slide.

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Here they'll be able to treat her leg.

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We'll get this Entonox on you. Is it Zara, did you say?

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Zara, yeah.

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I'm relieved that I'm here.

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If I'd gone home, with the pain,

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I think I would have just ended up back here anyway, so, yeah, I'm OK.

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I'm in good hands.

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She'll undergo further assessment

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and then X-rays to see what's happened to the knee.

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But, fingers crossed, she'll be OK and get back home shortly.

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Back on the mainland...

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The crew of Royal Navy Search and Rescue Unit HMS Gannet

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are on their way to an emergency call.

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A 17-year-old has collapsed on an inaccessible cliff.

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Flying from their west of Scotland base,

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the crew are heading 82 miles north-east,

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to a remote location near the town of Elie.

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The Scottish east coast is stunning.

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But these dramatic cliffs and crags are difficult terrain

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when trying to reach a casualty.

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Winchman and paramedic Taff Ashman is monitoring the updates.

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The casualty has diabetes and has lost consciousness.

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His condition could be serious.

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'We were told that this lad had potentially gone hypoglycaemic.

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'When someone's hypoglycaemic it means the level of sugar in their

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'blood is low, so they don't have the sort of energy stores,

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'if you like, to keep going.'

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And that was the worrying thing, for me, was if this lad had crashed so quickly,

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what had led to it and was there an underlying problem

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that had led to the loss of consciousness?

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In extreme cases, hypoglycaemia can lead to a diabetic coma.

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And there's another problem.

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It's 8:00pm.

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The light is fading fast.

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They spot lifeguards from the RNLI below.

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They arrived by boat

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and helped the casualty down from the steep cliffs to the beach.

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Unable to land on the rocky beach,

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paramedic Taff will be winched down.

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To keep the aircraft clear of the cliffs,

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they need to lower Taff on a long winch line.

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Eight more feet. Eight more feet.

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'It was quite a high winch.

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'The big issue for us really was by trying to get the aircraft up

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'to a height where, if it has a problem and loses an engine,

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'it can dive away and actually gain some forward speed

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'and be able to fly the aircraft away,

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'rather than it crash into the cliffs.'

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Now, they manoeuvre the chopper towards the cliffs

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with Taff suspended below.

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But it's a tricky landing.

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Just with the little bit of a swing,

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we caught the wrong bit of the beach and unfortunately hanging upside

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down for a couple of seconds, before I managed to get off the winch hook.

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Very quick sort of like, that's not gone great, I'm all right,

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so I managed to get clear of the winch hook

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and grab my bag and off we went.

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Now on the ground, Taff is briefed by the RNLI.

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A few of the lifeboat guys had actually got to Cameron

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and were giving him some first aid.

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They gave him a sugary drink and something to eat.

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Minutes ago, the casualty, Cameron, was unconscious

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on a treacherous cliff ledge.

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After a severe blackout, he needs to get to hospital.

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But the only way to the chopper is by winch.

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With Taff and Cameron safely in the aircraft,

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they speed to Accident and Emergency care

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at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

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At hospital, Cameron's strong enough to walk into A&E.

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For the Gannet team, it's been another successful rescue.

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Four weeks later, Cameron's back home and spending time

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with his uncle Colin, who was walking with him when he collapsed.

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Cameron got the all-clear from hospital within a few hours,

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but it turns out this lad had an incredibly lucky escape.

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I didn't realise I was having a hypo.

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I thought I was just tired.

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I felt my legs going a bit jelly,

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and I felt... I kept feeling like I was going to slip,

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even though it wasn't really wet, and I had boots on.

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But I just felt like my body was getting weaker and weaker and then,

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I think, I just, you know...

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I was just out of it, I just stopped altogether.

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For his uncle, it was a terrifying moment.

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They were attempting a treacherous cliff route,

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called the Elie Chain Walk.

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We were both sat down,

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and at that point he started to slide up against a rock.

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He was practically unconscious at this point.

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Then I started to realise, right, this is diabetes,

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this is a hypo, it has to be a hypo, this is going to turn serious.

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It was a beautiful day, turning into almost a nightmare.

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The duo were perched on a tiny cliff ledge,

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40 feet above the rocky shore.

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So, I grabbed a hold of him, and I've got him between my legs,

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I put my arms around him.

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One slip, we could be dead.

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And then, I started to think to myself, right, OK,

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what do I need to do here? I need to make some phone calls, I need help.

0:40:520:40:55

They says to me, "Look, we're going to send air support,

0:40:580:41:01

"and the coastguard will arrive, as well."

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So, from that point onwards, I was glad.

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Actually, I thought, "Well, the right people are on their way."

0:41:060:41:10

Cameron began to regain consciousness while they waited for help.

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I thought it was a dream.

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I thought I just went to sleep

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and when I woke back up I'd be in my room or something,

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but I woke up on this rock with my uncle wrapped around me.

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So, I was like, "What's going on?"

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The RNLI helped him and Colin off the cliff,

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but it's the chopper Cameron remembers.

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I was told that the helicopter was coming, I was thinking, "Aw, jeez!"

0:41:360:41:39

We hear the rotors. You could hear them from miles away.

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The downforce from the helicopter was crazy.

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You could barely breathe, it was on top of you.

0:41:460:41:49

That was the first time I've ever been in a helicopter,

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so I thought it was a pretty cool experience.

0:41:530:41:56

I thought it was cool when they were flying,

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and had the door open for a while.

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I thought that was pretty James Bond!

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Take away the hypo and everything, that was fun.

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It's been all go for the Emergency Services across the British Isles.

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In County Durham,

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one of the suspected burglars the coppers nabbed

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pleaded guilty to burglary, assaulting an officer,

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and a racially aggravated public order offence.

0:42:270:42:30

He was sentenced to six weeks in prison.

0:42:300:42:33

The other suspects were released without charge.

0:42:330:42:36

In Glasgow,

0:42:390:42:40

HMS Gannet got Mark to hospital before he had a second seizure.

0:42:400:42:44

This second seizure left him unconscious for 18 hours,

0:42:440:42:48

but the hospital specialists were on hand to treat him.

0:42:480:42:51

On the Isle of Man,

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Jenny's broken arm was cast in plaster.

0:42:540:42:56

She had metal plates fitted when she got back home.

0:42:560:42:59

She missed her holiday, but her arm is healing well.

0:42:590:43:02

Zara had chipped the cartilage in her knee.

0:43:030:43:06

But X-rays revealed she had also fractured her femur.

0:43:060:43:09

But she's back home now and her plaster cast is due off soon.

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And you thought it was quiet in the countryside!

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