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Rescue teams are the heroes in real life. They help people in peril escape from death. Let's find out more about one of the teams like that in this book. The author examines sixteen dramatic rescues spanning the entire history of the RNLI, from the early era when Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, and his men rowed out to save the crew and passengers from the Fortroendet which had run aground, through to the modern era with helicopters and modern equipment providing assistance. All of the sixteen accounts demonstrate the bravery of the lifeboat crews who risked their risked and sometimes tragically lost their lives in their desire to save those in peril. This storybook is a thrilling history of lifeboats and their crews. The writer uncovers how the RNLI developed as a charity and how the lifeboats have evolved over the course of their long and valuable history.

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