Footage released by the RNLI shows the children clinging to the pier's stanchions before lifeboat crew edge their small rescue boat alongside the structure and haul the exhausted pair to safety.

A mum has praised RNLI volunteers who dashed to save cousins Subby and Kizza after the youngsters got into difficulty in Blackpool, Lancashire, and nearly drowned

A dramatic Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) rescue saw two young boys saved after they were dragged underneath Blackpool Pier by powerful waves. Kizza, 12, and Subby,…