Two 13-Year-Old Girls Stranded as Sandbank Disappears | Saving Lives At Sea | S05 E03 | Full Episode

The lifeboat crews are on call all year round, but it’s in the summer months when they’re at their busiest. While the crowds that flock to the coast relax and soak up the sun, the lifeboat crews and lifeguard teams are on high alert. In the Irish resort of Skerries the pagers bring the crew running to the station when strong winds sweep a teenager on a paddleboard out to sea and towards the busy shipping lanes of the Irish Sea. In the Bristol Channel, among the many yachts taking advantage of a fresh summer breeze, one loses a crew member overboard, the volunteers of Portishead lifeboat face a race against time to bring him back to shore before hypothermia takes hold. And while the crowds are heading home at the end of a busy summer’s day in Cleethorpes, two thirteen year old girls find themselves alone, cut off and at risk of drowning on a sandbank rapidly disappearing under a fast rising tide.   Welcome to the official Saving Lives at Sea YouTube channel, featuring dramatic RNLI rescues and real-life emergencies from around the coasts of the UK and Ireland. Using lifeboat and helmet-camera footage, the series captures incredible rescue missions as they unfold - from boats caught in storms to swimmers and paddleboarders swept out to sea. Watch more incredible rescues in full episodes of Saving Lives at Sea on BBC iPlayer. Subscribe for more Saving Lives at Sea moments, RNLI rescues, lifeboat action and real-life rescue stories. #SavingLivesAtSea #RNLI #Rescue #Lifeboat #Documentary #SeaRescue