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UK NEWSMARINE IN TRAGIC BID TO SAVE DAD
Location of the North Queensferry Boat and Sports Club Tuesday October 28,2008 By Brian SwansonA MARINE just back from Afghanistan dived into gale-whipped waves in a vain attempt to save his father who had fallen overboard from his yacht. It is believed Stephen Robinson, 49, suffered a heart attack on his 32ft Nicholson yacht before plunging into the water near the Forth Road Bridge. His son Gary twice threw himself into the water at the North Queensferry Boat and Sports Club, before dragging his father to the shore by his life jacket. Mr Robinson, from Rosyth, was taken to Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, but died a short time later. Phillip Hughes, 65, a member of the boat club who attempted to resuscitate Mr Robinson during Saturday’s tragedy, said: “The wind was vicious. It was blowing so hard that it was tearing up the concrete clumps that the boats are tied to.
“Steven was in his boat with his son, Gary, and their yacht was moored at the time. How Gary got him out I do not know, but he deserves a medal. “Gary dived from the side of their boat and fixed a rope to my boat which was beside it. “He jumped back in to the water and dragged his father by his life jacket to land. “The weather was so bad that we would not even have sent a dinghy out in the water, never mind have dived into it.”
Police Inspector Brian Sinclair added: “This appears to have been a tragic accident.” 
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