SPLOSH & BECS
Saving people at sea is all in day’s work for volunteer rescuer starring in TV show
A SCOTS lifeboat heroine is set to star in the BBC’s Saving Lives At Sea series.
In dramatic bodycam footage, Becs Miller is shown rescuing two dog walkers from the edge of a dangerous cliff face. The RNLI volunteer is now set to star in next Tuesday night’s BBC2 programme showcasing the bravery of the UK’s lifeboat crews.
Becs, who has worked from the Dunbar station for six years, will tell viewers how she took to the waves to save two people and a dog cut off by the tide near the East Lothian town.
She said: “I’d already walked my dog on the beach and thought how choppy the sea was looking.
“We were told two people and a dog had been cut off by the tide.
“I knew we needed to get there quickly, and time was of the essence, but I also knew it would be a rough ride on our inshore lifeboat. We had to search – and find them quickly.
“Thankfully, we spotted the two people and dog, albeit in a very precarious position.
“They had managed to scramble up part of the cliff face above the water.
“The helm of the inshore lifeboat skilfully dropped two of us to where the casualties were to check all was well.”
Becs and the RNLI team successful ly transferred the rescuees to safety. One slip and they could have tumbled down into the sea.
Saving Lives at Sea is on BBC Two next Tuesday at 8pm.
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