Shipwrecked Man Saves Dog Before Wife

[White Shepherd mom]

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Shipwrecked man Graham Anley saves dog Rosie before wife Sheryl off coast of South Africa

A South African man saved his dog Rosie before helping his wife when their yacht was shipwrecked.

Graham and Sheryl Anley and their Jack Russell terrier Rosie ran aground off one of South Africa’s most dangerous stretches of ocean, at Cebe on the Transkei coast. They battled waves of up to seven metres and were swept onto a reef.

National Sea Rescue Institute North London station commander Georff McGregor said all three were wearing life jackets. The dog Rosie was wearing a specially tailored dog life-jacket with an emergency strobe light.

"As the incident happened Graham sent a Mayday radio distress call and activated the EPIRB (Global Positioning Distress beacon) but they were immediately forced to abandon ship," said Mr McGregor.

"He first swam Rosie ashore safely before returning for his wife, whose safety line had snagged on the steering gear," said Mr McGregor.

Once all three were safely on shore, Mr Anley - who is also a sea rescue volunteer - used his mobile phone to raise the alarm. Rosie and Sheryl Anley were airlifted to the East London sea rescue base, IOL News reports.

At least he went back for the wife :)

[Salukifan]

[Dxenion]

I'd tell the OH to save the dogs first.

[Clyde]

Maybe at the time he felt he was saving the most vulnerable? Not realising his wife was snagged.... Maybe the wife urged him to save the dog first. Who knows with reporting these days!

[Remarkabull]

My first instinct would be to save the dogs too. My reasoning is that my husband and children can swim so unless they were in immediate danger of drowning I'd help the dogs first too.

I would also urge my husband to help the dogs before me.

[Little Gifts]

I wonder who will get Rosie in the divorce?

[dwynwen]

I'd tell the OH to save the dogs first.

Me too.

Assuming the boat wasn't about to go to the bottom and I was in a position to wait then it makes sense to save the dog and come back for me - the dog is less able to rescue itself.

... Of course I wouldn't be out there in the first place .....

[White Shepherd mom]

Considering the size of the dog, I would assume the wife could hold on to it while the husband rescued them both. It would be a different story if Rosie was a Mastiff or Dane!

I wonder who will get Rosie in the divorce?

good question!!

[kelpiecuddles]

I'd probably have saved the basset hound first, my husband is a proficient swimmer, as is the kelpie but the basset would sink(she has her own life jacket for that reason).

[Ripley]

I wonder how much the wife was insured for?

[Bjelkier]

I'd save my dogs first and I'd expect my OH to do the same

[Loving my Oldies]

I wonder how much the wife was insured for?

[BC Crazy]

I'd save my dogs first and I'd expect my OH to do the same

I'd do the very same.

[gwp4me]

I'd save my dogs first and I'd expect my OH to do the same

Oh yes, same here, they cannot help themselves.

[Vehs]

We've had this conversation and we'd save the dogs first and if it was a car accident and we had to goto the hospital I'd go with my dog to the vet instead of the hospital with the fiance LOL

Just because the D wouldn't know what was going on where as fiance would

I'm hoping the answer will be a little different if we had kids

[mita]

We don't know the details. Maybe it was a mutual agreement for a sound reason. Like the wife's situation might not have been immediately dangerous. Just would need some fiddling to free her. So it was better to get the dog sorted first & out of the way. I'm only guessing.

[pebbles]

Does say that the wife and dog were airlifted out - what happened to the husband, left him behind? lol