Man clinging to pillar rescued from Firth of Forth
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Two lifeboats were dispatched at 16:16 on Friday after reports of a person in the water
A man found clinging to a concrete pillar has been rescued by lifeboat in the Firth of Forth.
Kinghorn and Queensferry RNLI vessels were deployed at about 16:16 on Friday to reports of a person in the water at Cramond causeway, which links Cramond Island with the mainland at low tide.
The man was found about a third of the way along the causeway from Cramond village, near Edinburgh.
He was taken to hospital with lacerations and suspected hypothermia.
The causeway connects Cramond Island with the mainland at low tide
Kinghorn lifeboat volunteer helm Neil Chalmers said the man was "exhausted" when he was rescued.
"The person was extremely lucky, and we assume had been trying to get back from the island on the rising tide," he said.
"Fortunately, a member of the public spotted them and called the coastguard."
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