NSRI rescue crews and emergency services responded to multiple incidents along the False Bay coastline over the festive weekend, including a beach rescue at Millers Point where two young children were saved by bystanders and treated on scene before being taken to hospital. Bystanders and emergency services quickly intervened to save the lives of two young girls during a dramatic water rescue at Millers Point Beach on Saturday afternoon. According to National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Simons Town station commander Darren Zimmerman, duty crews were activated at 12:43 pm on Saturday, December 27, following reports of a drowning in progress.
NSRI rescue swimmers, supported by a Cape Medical Response (CMR) ambulance and rescue paramedics, were dispatched to the scene. The City of Cape Town’s water rescue network was also alerted, with Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services, Disaster Risk Management and City Law Enforcement responding. Fire and Rescue crews arrived first and confirmed that two female children — aged five and eight — had been safely removed from the water.
Both were treated on scene for non-fatal drowning symptoms. The girls, from East Ridge and Hanover Park respectively, were stabilised by paramedics before being transported to hospital by CMR ambulance. They were reported to be in stable condition and are expected to make full recoveries.
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