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Man dies after resort sea rescue Bodyboarder dies after sea rescue
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A man has died and a young boy has been airlifted to hospital after the pair were pulled from the sea at Cornwall's Fistral beach in Newquay. A man has died and a young boy has been airlifted to hospital after being rescued from the sea in Cornwall.
Two inshore lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams, paramedics and police were called to the scene when the alarm was raised just after 1900 BST. Falmouth coastguard said the pair were "boogie boarding" at Newquay's Fistral beach when they got into difficulties just after 1900 BST.
The casualties were flown to Treliske Hospital in Truro by a rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose. A member of the public pulled them from the water and both were flown to Treliske Hospital in Truro by a rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose.
The coastguard said they were not local and believed to have been holiday. The coastguard said the pair were believed to have been on holiday.
Mark Thomas, the duty watch manager at Falmouth coastguard, said the victims were thought to have been swept out to sea on a rip tide.
He added the water was rough at the time with waves of up to 6ft (2m), while the lifeguard patrol at Fistral beach only operates until 1800 BST.
Two inshore lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams, paramedics and police were called to the scene after the pair had been plucked from the water.