A team of volunteers who helped find the body of a Scots dad killed in a fishing accident have received a ‘game-changing’ search device.
A team of volunteers who helped find the body of a Scots dad killed in a fishing accident have received a ‘game-changing’ search device . The family of Greig Stoddart, who died on Christmas Eve, gathered at Gartmorn Dam, Alloa, on Saturday to watch as the AquaEye kit was formally presented to Beneath the Surface. The Lancashire-based dive team were drafted in at New Year after police spent several weeks searching for the 44-year-old’s body.
Greig was eventually found by the volunteers on January 14 after they spent just two hours searching the water using a borrowed AquaEye. Greig’s cousin, Thomas Stoddart, reached out to the device makers who generously offered to donate the kit, which costs around £6000. Representatives of Vodasafe have now travelled from Canada to meet the family and to provide training to Beneath the Surface over the weekend. Thomas, 39, told the Record: “This is the most incredible legacy for Greig. The family and I just don’t have the words to thank Vodasafe for giving Beneath the Surface this bit of kit. They’re all so humble and just want to make a chang
Volunteers Scots Dad Fishing Accident Search Device Aquaeye Beneath The Surface
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