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Hull trawlerman’s Christmas ‘life or death’ moment

Fifty years after he was thrown into the icy waters off the Norwegian coast in a fishing accident that killed three men, a former trawlerman from Hull tells his story. Jerry Thompson was just 17 when the "Sir Ian Fleming" ran aground. He now works to help people to trace relatives who were lost at sea.

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4 minutes