A medical evacuation and a wedding on the same day kept the Arranmore RNLI crew busy on Friday last.
The crew firstly responded to a request from Malin Head Coast Guard to assist in a medical evacuation at 1.30 pm with a patient transfer by ambulance from Burtonport to Letterkenny University Hospital.
Having transferred the patient from the lifeboat to the ambulance the lifeboat crew made their way back to Arranmore.
They were just in time to provide a guard of honour and welcome their colleague and crew member Aisling Cox and her husband Phil Coll on board the lifeboat.
Stunning Aisling gets ready for her big day!
Aisling, a teacher on the island, not only volunteers on the lifeboat but is also an emergency first responder on the voluntary ambulance service.
Following their welcome by the lifeboat crew Aisling and Phil then travelled on board the newly launched “Arranmore Blu” to Burtonport and then on to The Waterfront Hotel in Dungloe for their wedding reception.
Lifeboat Operations Manager Jerry Early said “On behalf of Arranmore RNLI crew I would like to wish Aisling and Phil a long and happy life as they start on their new voyage together.
“We are lucky to have such dedicated crew members on the lifeboat and welcome enquiries from people on the island who would like to volunteer for the RNLI, whether as crew or on shore.”
Following their busy afternoon the lifeboat was again asked by Malin Head Coast Guard to go to Burtonport for the NOWDOC doctor at 6.56pm to assess a patient on Arranmore and eventually anchored the boat after 8pm.
Aisling and Phil on the RNLI vessel.
