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Man dies saving drowning dog as four drown in sea
In Blackpool an owner and four officers battled 20 foot waves to rescue a terrier named Henry. The owner and three officers died. two more officers were injured and a survivor remains gravely ill. The RSPCA urged posthumous gallantry recognition for the owner.
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Blackpool
England
Brian Horsfall
Henry
Alistair Anthony
Blackpool Promenade
Anthony
First Humane Society
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cru
Horsfall
Fleetwood
Here
Lancashire
Colin Morrison
Angela Bradley
Gordon Connolly
Morrison
Miss Bradley
Connolly
Patrick Abram
Hewitson
Abram
Stephen Pinerale
Irish Republican Army
Queen’s
Hyde Park
Margaret Thatcher
Downing St
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Animal Liberation Front
Cambridge University