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After the visit to the guys in the wartime cave we carried on up to Capel for lunch...then afterwards while relaxing in the warm easter sunshine, the tranquility of the afternoon was shattered by screaming sirens and throbbing helicopters. First as you would expect, the police, then the Fire Brigade, then HM Coastguard then the Kent Air Ambulance. The area suddenly became swamped with emergency services. It is always reassuring to know so many of them exist when the chips are down. But what was causing all the fuss..was it another crash on the A20. No , the story soon emerged.
Some unfortunate visitor to Capel had slipped on the grass and fell over but in a very dangerous place, where just below the soft grassy edges there is a sheer drop...and as I understand it the chap was killed. It can be very deceptive at Capel. Where in Dover you can clearly know there is a heck of a drop over the White Cliffs, in Capel its much more hidden and can as a consequence take you by surprise. As the weather was exceptionally good, and as it was also Easter, there were very many people on 'walks'.
The navy and white helicopter of the Kent Air Ambulance hovered overhead for an age unable to get near the victim. It eventually landed on top of the cliffs, winches were put in place in an effort to reach the victim and a female PCSO urged us all to stand well back from the edge as " we dont want another victim". In no time at all there were perhaps hundreds of people watching. It was a warm day.
There were a large amount of personnel from the services of all sorts, police , fire crews, coastguards and so on, and all responding with encouraging know how. But a 'death in the afternoon' on such a lovely day in such a harmless way is such a shock.