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Swimmers, leisure craft users, fishermen, and even seaside explorers go about their business along the UK’s coast knowing that if something goes wrong the RNLI will be there to save the day and help them if they get into difficulty. However, most of the general public assumes the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is just another emergency response unit, like the police, fire, and ambulance service – but this isn’t the case. The RNLI is a charity that saves lives at sea and the crew who pull people from the water are just ordinary people, with ordinary jobs who selflessly volunteer their time…