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By Sam Elliott-Gibbs A video has captured the uneasy moment a lifeboat volunteer jumps into the sea to save a struggling young girl’s life. Footage shows Andrew Sykes and the RNLI lifeboat team reached the youngster and pull her out of the water within eight and half minutes of receiving the emergency call on Saturday evening. The clip, captured by journalist Tom Lyons, saw the rescue mission completed as worried onlookers were left relieved. Mr Sykes has revealed that pockets of air trapped under her coat helped keep her afloat before the heroic sea workers came to her aid. The operation was …

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