Austinmer night rescuers describe how they pulled a drowning man to safety

Kate McIlwain
Updated March 7 2018 - 11:04am, first published 10:46am
Heroes: Friends Shaun Blair and Scott Kohlhardt were among five men whose actions helped to save a drowning man's life on Saturday night. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Heroes: Friends Shaun Blair and Scott Kohlhardt were among five men whose actions helped to save a drowning man's life on Saturday night. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Sydney man David Pelman is lucky there was an engagement party being held at the nearby surf club when he decided to go for a late night swim at Austinmer Beach last Saturday.

Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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