Two 13-year-olds found themselves drifting out to sea in the dark on the evening of 7 September.

Wearing only Summer clothes, they thought they had secured their inflatable dinghy close to the shore near Hove but later realised they were lost. One of the teenagers phoned his parents and was told to call the Coastguard, so they could find their position by mobile signal. Shoreham Harbour’s D class lifeboat Barry Lazell went out and found the dinghy within 9 minutes. Its occupants were cold, wet, scared and disorientated, and hypothermia soon set in. They were given first aid onboard and brought to hospital by ambulance, recovering well enough to visit the crew and say thank you within a week (pictured).