General Chat

It seems that a little girl was swept out to sea on a Lilo from a Cornish beach.

The coastguard had to scramble the helicopter to rescue her and , while the crewman was risking his life to pick her up to safety, he stuck a knife in the Lilo to stop it floating about and causing more trouble.

The RNLI have received an invoice from the little girl's parents for £7.

The manager has written to them to tell them that he will reimburse the sum once they have paid the £7,000 it cost to mount the rescue.

Saw that on FB Sharron, beggars belief, some
people have more neck than a Giraffe.

I did not see anything about it, however, it is shocking behaviour from parents who ought to be grateful that their child was saved by people (always) willing to put their own lives at risk.

Where were they and what were they thinking of to allow their child to float away to sea on a lilo?

Well done to the RNLI Manager.

It's not a 'real' story - apparently an anecdote from the 1980s - probably resurrected following the recent warnings from the RNLI about the use of inflatables in the sea. Which is why I rarely believe in anything newspapers 'quote'.

Fake news eh?

That must be the reason that I had seen nothing about it!

It was on MSN yesterday.

It was in the newspaper a couple of days ago.

What idiot would allow their child on an inflatable in the sea, let's hope it is a fake story!

This was also reported on another forum of which I am a member.

That was two days ago.

The following day the poster added an apology saying that the incident had happened several years ago :-| :-D :-D

Pretty mind blowing that it happened at all.