He’s usually behind the lens as one of many Ayrshire Submit ’s prime photographers.
However the limelight was firmly on Iain Brown as he was formally topped a HERO.
Dapper Iain, fifty two, collected his particular gong on the Our Heroes Awards in Glasgow on Friday night time.
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He’s additionally a well known coastguard and all spherical motion man within the type of James Bond .
In February he volunteered to be on the finish of a coastguard helicopter line plucking determined Syrians from the Aegean Sea.
The dad-of-one – an elite rescue swimmer- spent three weeks risking his personal life to pluck the drowning from the water.
Everybody on the Submit is pleased with him and delighted he was recognised on the Day by day Document Our Heroes Awards , now of their thirteenth yr.
Iain acquired his Emergency Hero award from voluptuous TV presenter Jean Johansson and swimmer Michael Jamieson.
On the finish of a shift at sea his arms have been so sore from clutching individuals he felt he had arthritis.
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Iain stated: “It’s the households pressured to take unthinkable selections who’re the actual heroes.
“I’m in fact very humbled and honoured.
“However I dedicate this award to the poor individuals of Syria.
“I used to be chilly and I used to be frightened . . . how did these individuals really feel?”
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