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Webcam helped rescue man from sea

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Man lost on the frozen North Sea rescued after woman spots him on her webcam

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A woman watching the sunset on a webcam who spotted a German man lost on the frozen North Sea probably saved his life by alerting authorities, police have said.

The man was walking on the ice near St Peter-Ording in northern Germany when he became disoriented.

He used a camera to flash for help, gaining the attention of the woman on her computer, hundreds of miles away in southern Germany.

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