Cancer patient praises volunteers for getting him home through snow

"Victor's driving skills were amazing. There were lots of obstacles in his way. We passed dozens of crashed and abandoned cars. There is just no way I could have gotten home without him."

Thu, 01 Mar, 2018 - 18:00

By Eoin English

A cancer patient who was facing a weekend in hospital has thanked Coast Guard volunteers for driving him home through deep snow today.

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