RNLI volunteer tells how his life was saved by charity as it marks 200th year
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteer has told how his life was saved by the charity a decade ago as it celebrates its bicentennial.
Firefighter Benny Thomson, 43, from Dundee, has been a volunteer at Broughty Ferry lifeboat station since 2013 after being inspired to help by his own rescue.
As the charity marks its 200th year on March 4, he shared the story of his rescue by the RNLI on November 25 2012 – the day that Mr Thomson said “changed my life forever”.
With friends, he had decided to in to jet ski but the one of the machines being ridden by Mr Thomson and his friend Gavin Smith broke down.
