Hero cops honoured

Published: February 26, 2007 | 5662nd good news item since 2003

A dozen people were rescued from a burning vessel last June. now the two officers who brought them to safety are receiving commendations.

Constables Mike Lynch and Jamie Gibson got the may day call at around midnight.

While Lynch ferried the passengers to safety, Gibson climbed onto the burning vessel with a small fire extinguisher.

“We did a quick search of the vessel to see if we had anyone else on board and certainly we had the engineer and skipper on board. Keeping it in check for while the fire boat arrived on scene and was able to extinguish the rest of the fire, and keep it from going under,” he says.

The two officers will receive the Chief Constable’s Commendation Monday morning.

Published in Cops and Heroes
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