SEARCH FOR MAN MISSING IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR IS CALLED OFF

The search for a man who went missing after helping to rescue a youth and a toddler from the sea at Portsmouth has been called off tonight.  Solent Coastguard received a call at 3.40 pm to report that four people were struggling in the water. Three of them were quickly rescued, but the fourth was not recovered from the water. 
The Hillhead and Portsmouth Coastguard Rescue Teams, the Coastguard helicopter based at Lee-on-Solent, two Gosport Independent Lifeboats, two Portsmouth RNLI lifeboats, two MOD  Police launches, Royal Navy personnel, Police, Fire and Rescue officers and Ambulance crew searched through the evening but this missing man was not found. A smaller scale search involving coastguard rescue officers will begin tomorrow at sunrise.
Paul Marlow, Solent Coastguard Watch Manager says:
“Sadly, despite an intensive search we were unable to find the missing man.”

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