Divers, mountain rescue look for missing teen

Three lifeboats and a Coastguard helicopter from Dublin were working with police divers, a mountain rescue squad and five land-based Coastguard teams in a major air and sea search for a 14-year-old boy swept into the Irish Sea from the Co Down coast.

Divers, mountain rescue look for missing teen

Three lifeboats and a Coastguard helicopter from Dublin were working with police divers, a mountain rescue squad and five land-based Coastguard teams in a major air and sea search for a 14-year-old boy swept into the Irish Sea from the Co Down coast.

Jordan Murdoch was with his friend, David Hackett, 12, on the pier at the entrance to the harbour at Killough on Sunday afternoon when one was swept into the water and it is understood the other jumped in to try to save him.

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