Lifeboat heroes
Published 12 Jan 2012 13:00
THESE lifeboat crew members put their lives on the line and rescued five people at the height of the recent storm.
David Dundas, Susan Hendry, Yan Jordan, Michael Logan, Peter Tindall and Ken Miller, with shore assistance from Stewart McKendrick, Ian Barton and Jamie Clark, rescued five people on board three yachts in Rhu Marina, one of which had broken free from its mooring.
Forced to their knees because of the pitching and yawing of the pontoons, the intrepid rescuers fought against the swell and the violent winds to carry out the mission.
Colin Gardiner, marina operations manager, commended the crew for their actions in what he described as "the worse conditions he had ever seen in the marina".
This article appeared in Helensburgh Advertiser 12 Jan 12
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