Canvey man rushed to hospital after trying to rescue dog from the sea

A MAN was rushed to hospital after trying to rescue a dog from the sea.

An air ambulance, rapid response car and land ambulance were called to Western Esplanade, on Canvey at around 2:20pm after the man in his 50s got into difficulties trying to retrieve the animal from the water.

It is thought the man was unconscious before paramedics arrived.

EEAST spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “We believe the man to be in his 50s was attempting to retrieve a dog from the sea when he got into difficulties.

"Following assessments by land and air ambulance crews, he was taken by land to Southend Hospital for further care.”

Comments(4)

paulzone says...
6:41pm Thu 14 Mar 13

Hope man and dog ok

Not A Native says...
8:12pm Thu 14 Mar 13

"We believe the man to be in his 50s was attempting to retrieve a dog from the sea when he got into difficulties." ?!?!?!?

EEAST spokesman Gary Sanderson should learn to form coherent sentences rather than crash two together in a grammatical word-wreck, if he wants a successful career as a spokesman.

Royr says...
8:23pm Thu 14 Mar 13

Not A Native wrote:
"We believe the man to be in his 50s was attempting to retrieve a dog from the sea when he got into difficulties." ?!?!?!?

EEAST spokesman Gary Sanderson should learn to form coherent sentences rather than crash two together in a grammatical word-wreck, if he wants a successful career as a spokesman.
Since you are not a native, you may be unaware of the Echo's stunning record of grammatical incompetence - please don't blame Gary

Not A Native says...
8:50pm Thu 14 Mar 13

Royr wrote:
Not A Native wrote:
"We believe the man to be in his 50s was attempting to retrieve a dog from the sea when he got into difficulties." ?!?!?!?

EEAST spokesman Gary Sanderson should learn to form coherent sentences rather than crash two together in a grammatical word-wreck, if he wants a successful career as a spokesman.
Since you are not a native, you may be unaware of the Echo's stunning record of grammatical incompetence - please don't blame Gary
Fair point - I'm fast gaining an appreciation of the Echo's assault on the language and it's quite within the realms of possibility that the attributed quote was never uttered by Mr Sanderson in anything like the form it's shown here.

Jury's out on this one

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