55 years ago a man called Gerry Anderson was driving when over the radio he heard that some men were trapped in a cave and needed to be rescued. By the end of his journey he had come up with the idea for a new tv series about five fantastic vehicles that could rescue people from peril. 

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The name of the organisation in his stories was 'International Rescue' and knowing their was a group of fast real aircraft in the USA called 'Thunderbirds' due to the noise they made in flight, he called his TV series Thunderbirds' and it became a worldwide tv sensation that instantly turned Gerry Anderson into a millionaire. 

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Although Gerry Anderson has now sadly died, his tv Thunderbirds live on with even more exciting new series of Thunderbirds being shown around the world. 

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But can you use your Lego to build a brand new Thunderbird vehicle for International Rescue? 

What can you new Thunderbird do or carry to rescue people trapped or in danger?