Gairloch canoe tragedy: Father missing as sons die
The search for a man missing after a canoe accident in which his two young sons died is now a "recovery mission", the Coastguard has said.
The search for a man missing after a canoe accident in which his two young sons died is now a \"recovery mission\", the Coastguard has said.
Six people from two families - two men and four children - were on board the boat when it capsized in Loch Gairloch, near Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands, yesterday afternoon.
The two brothers who died after being plucked from the water and airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness have been named as Jamie Beaton, aged two, and five-year-old Ewen Beaton. Their father Ewen Fraser Beaton remains missing
A search for Mr Beaton resumed this morning, although rescuers are now looking for a body.
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