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Episode: BLACKPOOL TRAGEDY 1983 - Police Officers lost at sea.
Description: At 1.48pm on Wednesday the 5th January 1983 the police control room at Blackpool broadcast a radio message that was to change the lives of many and would result in the loss of four human beings.Holiday maker Alistair Anthony was walking his Jack Russell dog along the lower walk when it went into the sea. He attempted a rescue but was washed away into a sea that has been described by many as some of the worst conditions they have ever seen.Blackpool police officers were quickly on the scene and attempted a rescue assisted...