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Jedward rescued by coastguard after becoming stranded on sandbank
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 3 July 2014
John and Edward Grimes, aka Jedward, had to be rescued by the coastguard after becoming stranded on a sandbank near the coastal town of Malahide, County Dublin earlier this week.
The pair, along with their cousin, apparently became trapped while walking from Donabate to Malahide on Tuesday evening. Although they set out while it was still light, the sun set before they reached their destination, and as the tide came in they became stranded, calling their mother, Susanna Grimes, to raise the alarm at around 10.45pm, according to the Irish Independent.
After attempts to track them down using the GPS signals from their iPhones proved unsuccessful, a helicopter was launched shortly before midnight and found them shortly afterwards, alerting a team on the ground to their location. They were eventually brought back to dry land at around 1am.
Speaking to The Irish Sun, Susanna Grimes said: “The boys were getting more and more desperate as the water was coming in. Thank God the Coastguard sent the helicopter up and it found them trapped on sands near Malahide … I was beside myself and John and Edward were very badly shaken”.
John added: “What we want to get across is how quickly this all happened. This got out of hand before we even realised. We would urge young people to be very careful around water and the sea. This could have been a tragedy but for the good work of the Coastguard”.
So yes, take note young people. Though you oldies, you’re welcome to drown.
