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life buoy

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life buoy
any of various kinds of buoyant device for keeping people afloat in an emergency


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They grabbed wooden planks and life buoys, but there were not enough buoys and not enough life-saving jackets.
Many killed as Macedonia boat sinks by Aljazeera.net
They grabbed wooden planks and life buoys, but there were not enough buoys and not enough life saving jackets for everybody," he said.
15 dead as boat sinks in Macedonia lake by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Elsewhere, police were praised after swimming into Belfast Lough with life buoys to rescue a brother and sister.
HEARTBROKEN; Village unites for tragic river boy by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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