Malcolm explained :
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:10:06 +0100, Steve Wood
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> A 59-year-old man has been taken to hospital suffering from burns after an
>> explosion on a canal narrowboat.
>>
>>
>> "Given the location it was obvious to me that there was no way that an
>> ambulance would get to the scene so I flagged down a passing boat and put
>> the patient on board.
>>
>
> As documented on TV - there are now several Air Ambulance services -
> using helicopters.
>
> I wonder how many times - if any - these helicopters have gone to the
> aid of boaters in these remote locations ???.
They sent one for a boater in Braunston opposite the Mill House. After
they had landed it was a longer walk than an ambulance parking in the
Mill house car park.
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