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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bishop

Grandmother and grandson swept 4km out to sea on inflatable mattress

A boy who was swept 4km out to sea on an inflatable mattress and his grandmother who dived in to save him were rescued by the coast guard in Naples.

Footage shared by the Italian Coastguard on Sunday (29 June) shows a rescuer swimming out to the five-year-old with a rubber-ring around his shoulder as the child drifted off the western coast of Italy.

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