Forty years ago, the Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne was launched into high winds that had whipped up 50ft waves off the treacherous Cornish coast to reach a stricken coaster, the Union Star.
”What does my background consist of was it something that I did when I was 16 because I paid my dues and I’m still living this out,” said Lasendra Wilson, Gulfstream Goodwill Youth Re-entry Services master mentor.