Anguillians, breathed a huge sigh of relief on Saturday after missing fisherman, Sam Webster was found alive at sea.

On Friday  14th March 2008 at 19:50hrs Police received a report from Mrs. Judith Webster stating that her Husband Sam Webster, a fisherman from Island Harbour left for fishing at 05:00hrs that morning, and was expected to return at 17:30hrs , but  failed to do so .

Mr Webster was reported to have left his fishing port of Island Harbour on board his 30^ft open fishing vessel TRY HARD - registration A30.

A search was commenced for Mr Webster  and at about 07:40hrs on Saturday 15th March 2008 the vessel, Try Hard, was located by some local fishermen from the Island Harbour community nine (9) nine miles north east of Scrub Island. At the time the vessel was located there were no sightings of Mr Webster and the community feared the worst. The search continued with the Police Department marine officers, Fisheries Department officers, the Dutch police helicopter, the Dutch coast guard officers, and several fishing vessels and fishermen from the Island Harbour community and throughout the island. At about 14:30hrs, Sam Webster was rescued by the fisheries vessel Cobra Two eleven (11) miles North East of Scrub island. He was taken to Island Harbour where he was transported by ambulance to the Princess Alexandra hospital for treatment - he was due to be released later today March 19.

According to Mr Webster he was accidentally thrown from his boat while trying to maneuver around one of his fishing traps, he managed to stay a float by using two buoys he had swam to after being ejected from his boat.

The photos below display the scene surrounding the return of missing fisherman.

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