Saundersfoot RNLI lifeguards assisted the Coastguard in a search for four missing children yesterday afternoon. Initially the first report was at 3:50pm of a 3 year old girl who had become separated from her father, but as the search continued more children were reported missing at the Pembrokeshire beach.
The charity’s lifeguards were approach at 3:50pm yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) by a concerned father who could not find his 3 year old daughter. The lifeguards were already searching the beach with the father as the local Coastguard team arrived to help.
As time passed, a member of the public approached the lifeguards to say that 3 children, aged between 10-12, had found a child matching the little girl’s description and had taken her to search for her father – unfortunately they had walked in the opposite direction and were now nowhere to be seen.
As the RNLI lifeguards and Coastguard team searched for the 4 missing children, Tenby volunteer lifeboat crew launched the inshore lifeboat to assist their colleagues in the search.
Thankfully a member of the public spotted all 4 children at the far end of the beach and the search was called off at 4:30pm. The volunteer lifeboat crew, who had not yet arrived at the scene, returned to the station and the 3 year old girl was reunited with her father.
