A freak accident left a man paralysed from the neck down when a cold-water dip turned ugly.
Dan Richards paid a visit to Langland Bay, Swansea, on New Year’s Day for a bracing swim alongside his partner Anna Thomas, her mum Jayne Trew, and friend Sharon Nicholson.
Dan was by no means a stranger to the sea, having spent a lot of time in the Welsh water as a keen swimmer and surfer. Diving into a wave was something he had done hundreds of times in his life, but nothing could have prepared Dan for what was about to happen.
Tragedy struck when the wave twisted his body ... Read even more
