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    Honouring family heroes

    Feb 11, 2020 3 minutes

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    In 1881, Abraham Hart Youngs from Brighton dived fully-clothed from an open boat to save a young man who was drowning in a rough sea. Abraham had been a coastguard and was used to rescuing people. He was an expert swimmer at a time when many people couldn’t swim, and during his life he is credited with helping to save 170 people from a watery grave and had received four life-saving medals. Saving yet another life was remarkable enough yet, incredibly,

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