This week's good person/hero is about 2 people who saved three people from a Yacht in a harbor in Wales, before it exploded! The article from BBC News (below) spotlights the blind man who helped, but didn't mention his friend's name, who was piloting the boat that made the rescue. Regardless, both of them are Good Person of the Week. Here's the story from BBC News (I edited paragraph 1 and 2 for clarity about person #2):
(Photo: the yacht the blew up in the harbor. Credit: BBC News)
82-Year old Blind man and Friend helped rescue family from burning yacht
An 82-year-old blind army veteran and friend helped rescue a family from their burning yacht just before it exploded.
John Nicol, from Llandudno was on a boat piloted by his friend when they saw the smoke and fire. They navigated over to the boat and pulled a mother and her son onto their vessel and hoped the skipper would be able to put the blaze out. But the flames were already too fierce and they were forced to also help the skipper, who escaped just before the yacht blew up. The drama happened in Conwy harbour, Wales on Saturday 3 April.
(Photo: Mr. Nicol. Credit: https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/)
Mr Nicol and his friend had spotted the burning yacht in the distance as they sailed to Puffin Island. 'Luckily, no-one hurt' After rescuing the mother and son they had initially handed the skipper their fire extinguisher to douse the flames."I have sailed for 50 years and was a coastguard for 18," said Mr Nicol. "Luckily, I know all the procedures, so I was able to give the coastguard all the information they needed. It all happened so quickly. It was awful what happened, and I feel dreadfully sorry for the family, but luckily no one was hurt."
Mr Nicol, who served in the Army with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, lost his sight because of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy and glaucoma.
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