An East Lothian woman has thanked the local RNLI for giving her an 'extra 56 years of life' after they saved her at just 14.
The Dunbar RNLI lifeboat crew this week paid a touching tribute to local gran Joan Scambler, who left the organisation £14,000 in her will. Desperate to give back to the charity, the 69-year-old had helped out for most of her adult live after crews all the way back in the 1960s saved her from drowning at sea.
With nowhere near the same equipment as in modern day, volunteers were able to bring Joan aboard the lifeboat in April 1965, after she had capsized off the coast. Paying their respects to Joan after her "generous" donation, the RNLI shared her story on social media, with the local grandmother claiming that the dramatic sea rescue gave her an extra 56 years of life.
