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| St Ives seal watch: Couple rescued from rocks by lifeboat | St Ives seal watch: Couple rescued from rocks by lifeboat |
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| A seal-watching couple had to be rescued when they were stranded on rocks for three hours and unsuccessfully tried to swim to shore. | |
| Michael Carey and Charlotte Worrall were saved by a lifeboat from rocks west of St Ives, in Cornwall, on Monday evening. | Michael Carey and Charlotte Worrall were saved by a lifeboat from rocks west of St Ives, in Cornwall, on Monday evening. |
| They had gone to watch seals for Mr Carey's 30th birthday. | They had gone to watch seals for Mr Carey's 30th birthday. |
| It took them two hours to get the attention of walkers who then called the coastguard, the charity said. | It took them two hours to get the attention of walkers who then called the coastguard, the charity said. |
| Lost clothes | |
| The RNLI said the pair were in a "life-threatening" situation after being cut off by the tide. | The RNLI said the pair were in a "life-threatening" situation after being cut off by the tide. |
| Derek Hall, the St Ives lifeboat operations manager, said: "They walked out to Seal Island and because of the spring tides, the sea came in very quickly and they got cut off. | |
| "The lady had tried to swim to shore unsuccessfully, and ended up losing some of her clothes as well, so they were very cold and shaken." | |
| The couple were with their border collie dog which managed to swim to shore, Mr Hall said. | |
| Mr Carey and Ms Worrall, who were rescued by the St Ives lifeboat, were not injured. |