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RNLI's gruelling search as 'man in t-shirt' vanishes into sea amid Storm Austen
The Mirror UK and Wales Online describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedRNLI's gruelling search as 'man in t-shirt' vanishes into sea amid Storm Austen.
The headline splitWales Online frames it as "RNLI's gruelling search as 'man in t-shirt' vanishes into sea amid Storm Austen". The Mirror UK frames it as "Man 'vanishes' into sea during Storm Austen as nine-hour search ends with no trace".
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RNLI's gruelling search as 'man in t-shirt' vanishes into sea amid Storm Austen
RNLI Torbay and Exmouth lifeboats joined coastguard and police in a nine-hour search near Goodrington after a man reportedly entered the sea and disappeared during Storm Austen, with winds...
Man 'vanishes' into sea during Storm Austen as nine-hour search ends with no trace
CCTV footage showed a man leaving a hotel in shorts and a T-shirt before appearing to enter the sea in Torbay sparking a major search and rescue operation
