article_snippet.sent: the incident serves as just another reminder of the dangers of rising tides after more than 60 spectators had to be rescued at the Boat Race in London on Saturday.
article_snippet.sent: Lifeboats were deployed to transport the onlookers from the shore after the onlookers became trapped on the edge of the River Thames.
article_snippet.sent: Video footage showed a group of at least 40 people stranded by the rising waters after watching the rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge universities.
article_snippet.sent: A boy, reportedly eight years old, was also rescued from an embankment after A boy, reportedly eight years old became separated from A boy, reportedly eight years old mother, while seven people were evacuated from Chiswick Eyot when seven people were cut off by the rising tide.
article_snippet.sent: The RNLI said The RNLI was a 'surprise' to find so many spectators in trouble and the number was 'significantly greater' than in previous years.
article_snippet.sent: Many were unaware that they would be exposed to the substantial wash from the flotilla following the races and from the rising tide, The RNLI said.
article_snippet.sent: Chiswick RNLI station manager Wayne Bellamy said: 'This incident showed once more that the tidal Thames can catch people unaware.'
article_snippet.sent: Spectators line the banks of the River Thames to watch the BNY Mellon Boat Race in London on Saturday .
highlights_snippet.sent: It comes days after Boat Race spectators were rescued from the Thames .