'Magnificent Seven' airlift Boscastle victims

Name: 'Magnificent Seven' airlift Boscastle victims
Uploaded: 2014-08-16T08:07:04.000Z
Duration: 44 s
Description: Seven helicopters from the RAF, Royal Navy and coastguard airlifted 100 people after a huge surge of water hit the Cornish village of Boscastle in August 2004.

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Seven helicopters from the RAF, Royal Navy and coastguard airlifted 100 people after a huge surge of water hit the Cornish village of Boscastle on 16 August 2004.

The so-called Magnificent Seven spent hours plucking people from rooftops including the visitor centre before it partially collapsed.

England

16 August 2014