Rescuers drop grandmother into icy sea
A grandmother taken ill on a cruise ship fell into the freezing Arctic Ocean after being dropped by paramedics transferring her to a rescue boat.
It took eight minutes to recover Janet Richardson, 73, from the icy waters.
Mrs Richardson, from Penrith, Cumbria, was travelling with her husband George, 78, on the cruise ship Ocean Countess.
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