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Daily Mirror
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Lucy Skoulding

Brave holidaymaker survives being adrift at sea for 18 hours by clinging onto beach ball

A holidaymaker miraculously survived 18 hours adrift at sea by clinging to a small ball lost by boys on a beach an amazing 80 miles away.

The astonishing drama began when a tourist named only as Ivan, 30, was swept out to sea by powerful currents off the coast of Kassandra in Greece.

As he disappeared out to sea, desperate friends raised the alarm with the Greek coastguard but Ivan was declared lost at sea.

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