Teenager rescues two men who fell from inflatable toy boat off Isle of Skye

A 15-year-old boy rescued two men who had fallen from an inflatable toy boat off the Isle of Skye by sailing his own vessel to save them, beating the lifeboat service to the scene. Archie Law beat a volunteer crew of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to the rescue on Saturday evening after the UK coastguard received reports of two males in difficulty in the water off Broadford Bay around 9pm. The RNLI launched a lifeboat from its Kyle of Lochalsh station within 10 minutes of the emergency calls and rushed towards the last known location of the two men, who had been seen on what rescuers described as a toy blow-up inflatable boat. On the way there, the crew were told that Archie, who lives locally, had spotted the men in distress and had gone out on his own boat to help them. The crew then discovered he had already managed to rescue both men and had taken them back to shore safely. After establishing that everyone affected by the incident was safe and there were no injuries, the lifeboat then returned to station to be cleaned, refuelled and made ready for service. Speaking to Radio Skye , Archie said he has noticed from inside his house that the men had got into trouble. “I could see them from my window and they were paddling in circles out in the bay, drifting further away,” he said. “I made a decision to go and check if they were OK. As I got closer I could see it was a small kids’ dinghy. “They seemed very cold and tired and thankful I had spotted them. …