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Boy dressed as Batman helps save man from drowning
The boy’s family raised the alarm after he spotted the casualty, and the RNLI recovered the man and his two dogs before the tide cut him off.
- In New Brighton, England, 5-year-old Lucas spotted a man frantically waving from a rapidly disappearing sandbank. Lucas alerted his family, who immediately contacted Wirral Coastguard to initiate a rescue.
- Dressed as Batman after his dance school musical, Lucas noticed the man. His aunt Debbie Murray, a 41-year-old, pulled the car over after Lucas asked 'What's that?' to investigate the waving man.
- Already on the water for a training exercise, the New Brighton Lifeboat crew reached the stranded man and his two dogs quickly. This incident marked the 194th rescue of 2026 for the Wirral Coastguard.
- Coastguard Rescue Officers met the man and his two dogs ashore after they were safely recovered from the rising tide. The man had been trapped on a sandbank, with deep, fast-flowing water surrounding him.
- The 5-year-old Lucas belongs to Squirrels, the Scouts section for 4- and 5-year-olds, and hopes his actions will earn him his 999 badge. After the rescue, his family told him he saved a man, exclaiming 'Just like Batman!' to his delight.
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