US Edition"Never Been Afraid Like This": Perilous Rescue of a Fishing Boat Off Ouistreham During Storm Benjamin
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While storm Benjamin was in full swing, four fishermen were rescued off Ouistreham. Their ship had broken down since Wednesday night. A rescue that could have turned into a drama, as shown in this report of the TF1 JT. - "Never had been afraid like this": perilous rescue of a fishing boat off Ouistreham during storm Benjamin (Weather and Weather).
Storm Benjamin. Break, Collision, Helipad: a Perilous Rescue in a Raging Sea, Four Sailors Evacuated
Four fishermen were evacuated by helicopter on Thursday, October 23, 2025 off Ouistreham. They had declared themselves in distress after an engine failure and a collision put their ship in difficulty in dantesque weather conditions due to storm Benjamin's passage.
On Friday afternoon, both a rescue helicopter and the rescue boat Halfdan Grieg were dispatched to the sea area just outside Bø. A larger vessel had lost control of the boat.
If storm Benjamin did not cause major damage in Gironde, two people were injured. The department's firefighters carried out some 30 operations.
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