On March 17, a 11 year old boy was rescued by a merchant vessel in Helsinki Vuosaari after the child was stranded on thin ice.
What happened?
The 11 year old boy was walking on the ice near the Vuosaari harbour. He was not far away from the shore, but nearby open water and the sun-weakened ice together made for dangerous circumstances.
Coast Guard rescue mission coordinator Jarmo Häkkinen said, “He was in a hazardous area of ice and could well have fallen in”.
Rescued via helicopter
The authorities spotted the lad and called in a Border Guard salvage helicopter, a hovercraft and both police and emergency service units to assist in his rescue.
However, the crew of a regular merchant vessel from shipper Finnlines that talked the boy out of his predicament. The ship motored in close enough to convey verbal directions, and the boy was able to get off the ice and climb a ladder onto a nearby dock.
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Source: Yle
