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| Four hour rescue as pair swept over Brecon Beacons fall | Four hour rescue as pair swept over Brecon Beacons fall |
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| A man and women have been seriously injured after being swept over a waterfall in the Brecon Beacons. | A man and women have been seriously injured after being swept over a waterfall in the Brecon Beacons. |
| It took rescuers four hours to airlift the pair from the bottom of a gorge near Ystradfellte in Powys. | It took rescuers four hours to airlift the pair from the bottom of a gorge near Ystradfellte in Powys. |
| Teams from the Central Beacons and Brecon Mountain Rescue Teams were joined by emergency services in the scramble to save the stricken hikers. | |
| The couple in their 20s were then airlifted to a waiting ambulance before being taken to hospital. | The couple in their 20s were then airlifted to a waiting ambulance before being taken to hospital. |
| "We were called at 11.30 this morning to reports of two people washed over the top of a waterfall. They had indeed been washed over, they fell 30 feet (9m) and sustained serious injuries," a member of the Central Beacons rescue team told BBC Wales. | |
| "It was right at the base of a gorge, so inaccessible. It meant a long walk in and scramble into the gorge. | "It was right at the base of a gorge, so inaccessible. It meant a long walk in and scramble into the gorge. |
| "It took about four hours to get them out." | "It took about four hours to get them out." |
| It is understood the two had been walking in a party of four people when the women went into the river some distance from the waterfall, and the man was washed along as he tried to rescue her. | It is understood the two had been walking in a party of four people when the women went into the river some distance from the waterfall, and the man was washed along as he tried to rescue her. |
| Two others in the group walked to an ambulance suffering hypothermia. | Two others in the group walked to an ambulance suffering hypothermia. |
| The condition of the pair who went over the waterfall is not yet known. | The condition of the pair who went over the waterfall is not yet known. |