By - Hawkes Bay TodayConstruction workers and a lifeguard from a nearby swimming pool ran to the aid of a man in trouble in the ocean off Marine Parade. The construction workers at the Napier War Memorial Conference Centre were first to spot something was wrong. We went out on to the beach to check if she was okay and as we got closer she yelled for help." Amy Giddens was the lifeguard on duty and said she ran and got a rope and then headed to the beach. The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter soon arrived and winched the man from the sea while police kept onlookers away from distraught family members.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 01, 2016 03:12 UTC