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Kaylee FAI hears of rescue hope Cadet probe hears of rescue hope
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An Army cadet instructor told a teenager who died on an exercise she would come back for her after a boat capsized, a court has heard. An Army cadet instructor told a teenager who died on an exercise she would "come back and get her" after a boat capsized, a court has heard.
Vicky Lorimer, 21, said she managed to get two other youngsters out from under the craft which overturned on Loch Carnan on South Uist last summer. Vicky Lorimer, 21, said she managed to get two other youngsters out from under the craft which overturned on Loch Carnan on South Uist last August.
Ms Lorimer told a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) in Inverness she promised to return for Kaylee McIntosh, 14. Ms Lorimer told a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) she promised to return for 14-year-old Kaylee McIntosh.
However, the instructor drifted from the vessel before being rescued. But Ms Lorimer drifted from the vessel when her lifejacket was inflated.
Kaylee, who was from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, and a member of the 2nd Battalion Highlanders Army Cadet Force, drowned in the accident. I knew Kaylee was in the boat as well. The last thing I said was 'I will come back and get you' Vicky LorimerWitness Kaylee, who was from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, and a member of the 2nd Battalion Highlanders Army Cadet Force, drowned in the confusion which followed the incident.
Ms Lorimer, who found herself under the raiding craft with the three youngsters, said she had expected Major George MacCallum, who was in charge of the training expedition, to go to get Kaylee.Ms Lorimer, who found herself under the raiding craft with the three youngsters, said she had expected Major George MacCallum, who was in charge of the training expedition, to go to get Kaylee.
She told the FAI in Inverness Sheriff Court: "I didn't know he hadn't done it." She told the FAI at Inverness Sheriff Court that when she was trapped with the three cadets she was "distressed" and acting "on my own instincts".
Ms Lorimer, an organiser on the trip, said she managed to get two cadets out.
She said: "I knew Kaylee was in the boat as well. The last thing I said was 'I will come back and get you'."
Absence noticed
Once out from under the hull, Ms Lorimer first met Major MacCallum.
She said: "He realised I was gasping for breath. He inflated my life jacket and I drifted out to sea. I was panicky. I was quite hysterical. I was cold.
"I thought because Major MacCallum saw me come out from under the boat his first port of call would be to go under the boat to check.
"I did not know he had not done it himself."
Ms Lorimer went on to say that when the cadets had returned to the base camp, Kaylee's absence was noticed.
She said she gave a description of Kaylee over the phone to a senior officer who was at the pier.
The inquiry previously heard from other witnesses on the capsized boat that no roll call or list of names was taken on the day of the exercise.
The inquiry, before Sheriff Alastair MacFadyen, continues.The inquiry, before Sheriff Alastair MacFadyen, continues.