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| Students rescued after cliff hike | Students rescued after cliff hike |
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| Six students have had to be rescued from the bottom of a cliff in County Antrim, the Coastguard has said. | Six students have had to be rescued from the bottom of a cliff in County Antrim, the Coastguard has said. |
| The alarm was raised at about 2230 BST on Saturday when the girls, who are aged between 17 and 24, had not returned from a hike. | The alarm was raised at about 2230 BST on Saturday when the girls, who are aged between 17 and 24, had not returned from a hike. |
| A rescue helicopter from Sligo and the PSNI helicopter lifted the six Duke of Edinburgh participants from the bottom of a cliff at Fairhead, Ballycastle. | |
| Diana Gadd from the Coastguard said that Fairhead could be very dangerous. | Diana Gadd from the Coastguard said that Fairhead could be very dangerous. |
| "The girls, I must say, were all very well equipped," she said. | "The girls, I must say, were all very well equipped," she said. |
| "The police helicopter spotted two of the girls and were able to land and recover them. | "The police helicopter spotted two of the girls and were able to land and recover them. |
| "But the other four girls were in a rather more precarious situation, so we called out the Irish Coastguard rescue helicopter from Sligo. | "But the other four girls were in a rather more precarious situation, so we called out the Irish Coastguard rescue helicopter from Sligo. |
| So, it was a very happy ending for an incident which could have gone terribly wrong." | So, it was a very happy ending for an incident which could have gone terribly wrong." |