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Rescue boat funded by Banksy saves refugees
Video Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO
Published on August 28, 2020 - Duration: 01:24s
Rescue boat funded by Banksy saves refugees
A medic on board a Banksy-funded rescue boat, Leona Blankenstein, explains howthe crew saved 89 refugees from a rubber dinghy amid a storm in theMediterranean Sea.
The Louise Michel, a former French navy vessel, launchedunder its new guise last week and features a painting from Banksy depicting ayoung girl holding on to a heart-shaped safety float.
The boat was renamedafter a 19th-century French anarchist, and is spattered in pink paint afterthe secretive artist “decorated her with a fire extinguisher”.
It was boughtwith the proceeds of some of Banksy’s works and is captained by a professionalcrew with a “flat hierarchy and a vegan diet”.
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