Blackpool Sea Tragedy: 40 years on, we remember the three police officers who died trying to save a man and his dog
Some 40 years have gone by since three heroic Blackpool police officers gave the ultimate sacrifice while attempting to save a man and his dog from the choppy Irish Sea.
Alistair watched in horror as the dog was swept off. It was a stormy and unstable night in the Irish sea. Two fishermen almost drowned having been thrown overboard a 66 foot yacht and had to be rescued. Robert Anthony had originally thrown a life preserver to his son from the promenade but the rope was too short and he had called for two boys to fetch the police. Jim Burnell dispatched four patrols with four different officers to the scene immediately.
Robert Anthony described the scene: "The current was so strong they couldn't get back. It was like a bad dream. All I could see was the three of them bobbing around in the water and there was nothing I could do." The waves were pulling both men under and were so aggressive that the duo couldn't get anyway near the three other officers. Abram was eventually pulled to safety but the three other officers, plus Alistair Anthony and the dog, were long gone.
Aftermath PC Morrison's body washed up on the sands of Blackpool beach that Wednesday night. Several days later the body of Henry the Terrier washed up in Fleetwood, along with Angela Bradley's warrant card and tie. Some police trousers and a truncheon also washed up on the beach.
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