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Parents bill RNLI for £7 lilo after coastguard saved their child in £7,000 rescue mission from drifting out to seaThe parents of a child rescued from the sea by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) coastguards have sent the organisation a £7 bill for a destroyed inflatable lilo.Rescuers scrambled a helicopter off Porthleven, Cornwall after the girl drifted out to sea.A crew member jumped into the water and saved the child. Both were winched to safety.But the lilo was left in the water and the girl’s parents later sent the RNLI team a £7 bill for its cost.The RNLI said they would pay, if the couple paid for the £7,000 rescue mission.
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QuoteParents bill RNLI for £7 lilo after coastguard saved their child in £7,000 rescue mission from drifting out to seaThe parents of a child rescued from the sea by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) coastguards have sent the organisation a £7 bill for a destroyed inflatable lilo.Rescuers scrambled a helicopter off Porthleven, Cornwall after the girl drifted out to sea.A crew member jumped into the water and saved the child. Both were winched to safety.But the lilo was left in the water and the girl’s parents later sent the RNLI team a £7 bill for its cost.The RNLI said they would pay, if the couple paid for the £7,000 rescue mission.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/parents-rnli-rescue-bill-lilo-porthleven-cornwall-a9056006.html
The rescue, which took place back in the 1980s, was retold at an RNLI event over the weekend.
Quote from: Maik on Wednesday, 14 August, 2019 @ 01:36:25QuoteParents bill RNLI for £7 lilo after coastguard saved their child in £7,000 rescue mission from drifting out to seaThe parents of a child rescued from the sea by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) coastguards have sent the organisation a £7 bill for a destroyed inflatable lilo.Rescuers scrambled a helicopter off Porthleven, Cornwall after the girl drifted out to sea.A crew member jumped into the water and saved the child. Both were winched to safety.But the lilo was left in the water and the girl’s parents later sent the RNLI team a £7 bill for its cost.The RNLI said they would pay, if the couple paid for the £7,000 rescue mission.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/parents-rnli-rescue-bill-lilo-porthleven-cornwall-a9056006.htmlNot wishing to put a damper on a good story, but this tale is from the 80s, the newspapers ever short of real news, got it slightly wrong! QuoteThe rescue, which took place back in the 1980s, was retold at an RNLI event over the weekend.
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