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‘drunk one too many’ and
was struggling against the
high tide. ‘This kind of thing
can be dangerous,’ said a
spokesperson from
Chiswick’s RNLI lifeboat,
‘people don’t understand how
strong the river can be.’ The
lifeboat had already been
called out ‘over 170 times’
that year and had recovered
forty-eight people from the
river.
Such warnings aren’t new