Downstream

river – either dead or rescued
– and 34 ‘possible persons’.
There have been 23
swimmers in difficulties, 19
people cut off by the tide and
18 people in the mud. There
have also been 230 incidents
of people threatening to jump
into the Thames. Police
helicopters have been called
out 71 times, the RNLI
lifeboats 747 times. In total,
2,330 people have been saved
or assisted, and 35 have died.