David answers the Mayday call twice in one day
David Sawyer is no stranger to answering Mayday calls as a part of the crew at Eastbourne Lifeboat station for the past six years, but on May 1 he answered a different Mayday call as he took on the RNLI Mayday Mile challenge with his partner Sara Hope, walking ten miles from the Belle Tout
They were dropped off at 7am by David’s dad Mark Sawyer who is the Station Coxswain and were met at the station by Mark and members of the crew at just after 11am. David wore his All Weather boat kit for the walk and said afterwards. 'It was hot but enjoyable, we are already planning next year's one.'
The tagline for the RNLI's Mayday mile is can you answer the call and David showed he can when he responded to the pagers going off for both of Eastbourne's lifeboats just after 7pm to reports of a person in the water. He was out on the All Weather lifeboat 'Diamond Jubilee' alongside his dad Mark.
If you want to donate to David’s fundraiser you can find details here. https://rnli.enthuse.com/pf/the-yellow-wellies?fbclid=IwAR0NhQwN--jPOk3u2W1aAEn8gVFPSjv70wvVeZPlOerz47LjztPDZ50pV-U
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