Phuket woman rescued from holed boat in race against rising tide

Phuket woman rescued from holed boat in race against rising tide

Eakkapop Thongtub

Kusoldharm rescue workers led Ms Saranya to the ambulance before taking her to Vachira Phuket Hospital. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- A Thai woman was recovered from an abandoned, sunken boat 100 metres from the shore at Saphan Hin this morning (May 4) as rescue workers feared she might be overcome by the rising tide.

Kusoldharm rescue workers were called to the area, on the outskirts of Phuket Town, at 7:10am by local residents who reported concerns for a woman last seen walking out onto the mud flats and not seen returning to shore.

Rescue workers arrived and searched for the woman, later identified as Saranya Chamnanraksa, 22, but failed to find her.

“We searched for her two times. The first time we did not find her because she was on an abandoned boat,” one rescue worker said.

“We searched again and found her and brought her safely back to shore. She was very lucky that the tide was not too high and there was the boat for her to climb on to.

“She (Ms Saranya) said she tried to shout to us but she was too tired and her voice was not loud enough for us to hear,” the rescue worker added.

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