Search for 'highly respected' firefighter missing in English Channel swim called off

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Search for 'highly respected' firefighter missing in English Channel swim called off
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🔴 The search for a firefighter who disappeared as he attempted to swim the English Channel for a number of charities has been called off

Iain Hughes, crew manager at Wednesbury fire station, West Midlands, set off from the Kent coast on Tuesday morning accompanied by a support boat but went missing later that day in French waters The search for a firefighter who disappeared as he attempted to swim the English Channel for a number of charities has been called off.

A large search including French and Belgian military helicopters was launched to find the married father-of-two but has now been called off, French authorities confirmed.

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