Tripper Boat Crewman Rescued

Kevin Pender, crewman on the Meridian, was rescued from the sea after suffering a severe head injury.

After being spotted floating face down in the water off St Agnes quay, Mr Pender was rescued from the water by Declan Ridsdale. Later aided by Truan Hick, Mr Pender was recovered from the water and promptly attended by a couple of nurses on St Agnes, and later joined by the ambulance. He was then flown to Treliske, where he went into intensive care. He was out of intensive care on Friday 7.

On Monday the skipper of the Meridian, Jeremy Phillips, told Alison Rowe of ThisIsCornwall of those who had helped to get Kevin safely out of the water: “They were absolutely fantastic and without them things could have been worse.”

Such an incident demonstrates the value of the Air Ambulance to the Isles of Scilly.