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Fishing vessel assisted sunken fishing vessel

On the afternoon of April 6, 2025, the 'Ragnhild Hatland' assisted the lifeboat "Gjert Wilhelmsen" in an attempt to salvage the sunken fishing vessel 'Svanen' outside Hasvik. nine nautical miles from the NSSR station. The artist and tourist host Bilal Saab was nearby and had beem able to pick up the fisherman aboard the fishing boat. Shortly afterwards, the "Gjert Wilhelmsen" arrived to attempt to salvage the boat, the bow of which was still sticking out of the water on an air bubble. Bilal Saab and a colleague were fishing off Sørøya in Finnmark, when they suddenly saw a fishing boat lying very low in the water. They approached the boat as fast as they could. It took 30 seconds for the 'Svanen' to sink. When Bilal and his colleague, Kai Finbråten, got to the boat, the entire deck was filled with water. The man on board had to jump into the icy water. It took almost half an hour from the time the man was rescued until he received further assistance at the health center in Hasvik. He had a temperature of 31 degrees when he entered the health center. Report with photos, audio and video: https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/bilal-saab-reddet-fisker-fra-forlis-utenfor-soroya-i-finnmark-1.17372841 https://x.com/NSSR/status/1908974240528805984