7 July: Tower, London Lifeboat crew members saved four lives with minutes to spare when a speedboat sank on the Thames just south of the Millennium Bridge. Unable to stop the water rushing in, the group made an emergency call to the Coastguard, and prepared to abandon ship. Tower lifeboat crew raced to the scene in their E class lifeboat, and pulled all four people to safety as their boat sank before their eyes. The crew then tethered the boat safely so it did not become a hazard to passing vessels.