Police helicopter Eagle
has, once again, proved its worth this morning by locating a
missing 23 year-old woman who'd been in Waitemata Harbour
for at least nine hours overnight with no floatation devices
to assist her.
The Birkdale woman was reported missing
last evening but overnight searches by the Air Support Unit
could not find her. The search resumed this morning at 7.45
and, on their second overhead sweep, she was spotted in the
water by crew about 1km from Takapuna Beach, barely keeping
her head above water.
The Police launch Deodar was
directed to her and she was then returned to the Marine
Rescue Centre from where she was taken to Auckland
Hospital.
One of the Eagle crew members said there were no
buoys or marker-posts within the immediate area that the
young woman could have held on to.
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