Surfer thanks miracle rescue heroes
A SURFER picked up 13 miles off the Kintyre coast after more than 30 hours adrift thanked his rescuers for saving his life.
Matthew Bryce, aged 22 and from Airdrie, was reported missing by his family after he failed to return from a surfing trip to Westport beach in Kintyre the previous day. A coastguard rescue team located him drifting in open waters between Kintyre and Rathlin Island before he was airlifted to hospital in Belfast.