Watch moment heroic Blackpool police officer saves woman who had slipped on sea wall as tide was rising
Officers were out and about making sure everyone was enjoying the Ride the Lights event safely on Tuesday evening when the incident occurred.
While PC Nelson was chatting to the public and looking out for anything untoward, his attention was quickly brought to a woman in danger.
She had slipped off the sea defence wall just as the tide was starting to rapidly come in.
Knowing the danger she would be in, PC Nelson - along with his colleagues Sgt Higgs, PC Dixon and PC Walker - ran to her aid.
Dramatic bodycam footage shows him throwing the woman a life ring before pulling her to safety.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “Whilst the lady was shaken, she received medical attention and has now made a full recovery thanks to PC Nelson’s incredibly swift actions, which just go to show that our officers have to be ready to attend to any kind of emergency at all times.”
Officers were out and about making sure everyone was enjoying the Ride the Lights event safely on Tuesday evening when the incident occurred.
While PC Nelson was chatting to the public and looking out for anything untoward, his attention was quickly brought to a woman in danger.
She had slipped off the sea defence wall just as the tide was starting to rapidly come in.
Knowing the danger she would be in, PC Nelson - along with his colleagues Sgt Higgs, PC Dixon and PC Walker - ran to her aid.
Dramatic bodycam footage shows him throwing the woman a life ring before pulling her to safety.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “Whilst the lady was shaken, she received medical attention and has now made a full recovery thanks to PC Nelson’s incredibly swift actions, which just go to show that our officers have to be ready to attend to any kind of emergency at all times.”
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00:00Lancashire Police have released a video showing the moment a heroic police officer jumped into action after spotting a woman in danger in Blackpool.
00:08While PC Nelson was chatting to the public during the Ride the Lights event on Tuesday,
00:13his attention was brought to a woman who had slipped on the sea defence wall as the tide was starting to rise rapidly.
00:19Knowing the danger she'd be in, PC Nelson, along with his colleagues Sergeant Hicks, PC Dixon and PC Walker, ran to her aid.
00:28The dramatic bodycam footage shows him throwing the woman a life ring before pulling her to safety.
00:34The force said while the lady was shaken, she received medical attention and has now made a full recovery thanks to PC Nelson's incredibly swift actions.
00:43Here's the footage.
01:28Right, take a good firm hold of that rope.
01:31And what we're going to do is we're going to pull you up and I need you to walk.
01:34Are you ready? Are you ready?
01:37Walk, walk, it's okay.
01:39Hold on tight.
01:40Hold on tight.
01:41Hold on tight.
01:46It's alright, keep, keep going.
01:49Well done guys, well done.
01:53I've got you, I've got you.
01:55Right, get in, get in.
01:57Well done sweetheart.
01:59There you go.
02:00It's okay, it's okay.
02:01Come here, come here, come here.
02:03Get this off, get this off.
02:05Listen, listen, you're fine, you're okay.
02:09Sweetie, I'll wash your name.
02:11Sorry.
02:12Sweet, sweet, sweet.
02:14I need to get you out of here because water's still coming up off there and I just want you to slip in down.
02:18Take a deep breath, ready?
02:21A couple of big steps back.
02:22Hold my hand.
02:24You hold this.
02:25Okay, stop.
02:26Right.
02:27Backwards.
02:32Move back a little.
02:35Well done.
02:36You okay?
02:37Well done.
02:38Come on.
02:43Hey, you alright?
02:45You're up.
02:50You're up.