Quirky World: Coastguard scrambles for doll false alarm

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ENGLAND: Lifeboats searched for more than 90 minutes following a 999 call reporting a person struggling in the water — only to find it was an inflatable doll.

RNLI lifeboat volunteers, a coastguard rescue team, and a rescue helicopter all responded to the call after a rock-angler dialled 999 to report a person in the water near the Huer’s Hut, just to the north of Newquay Harbour in Cornwall.