Family on boat rescues passengers from hot air balloon near Beaumaris

By Emily Woods
Updated May 21 2016 - 4:13pm, first published 3:02pm
From left, Nigel Abbott, his son Jack Abbott and Timothy Stone after they helped rescue people from a hot air balloon. Photo: Paul Jeffers
From left, Nigel Abbott, his son Jack Abbott and Timothy Stone after they helped rescue people from a hot air balloon. Photo: Paul Jeffers
From left, Jack Abbott, his father Nigel Abbott and Timothy Stone after the rescue. Photo: Paul Jeffers
From left, Jack Abbott, his father Nigel Abbott and Timothy Stone after the rescue. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Senior Sergeant Neil Mathieson addresses the media. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Senior Sergeant Neil Mathieson addresses the media. Photo: Paul Jeffers
An MFB Fireboat at the site of the rescue. Photo: Paul Jeffers
An MFB Fireboat at the site of the rescue. Photo: Paul Jeffers

A Beaumaris family rescued nine passengers aboard a hot air balloon on Saturday morning, hoisting the aircraft onto their boat and carefully pulling people from the basket of the balloon to safety.

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