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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Olivia Williams

Mum screamed 'please tell me she is breathing' in desperate 999 call

This is the harrowing 999 call a mum made to coastguards after her daughter drifted out to sea.

Milena Smith, from Birkenhead, was enjoying a day out in Barmouth, Wales, back in August with her husband and their two daughters. Mabel, 12 and Elsie, 10, were playing in the water when they started to get into difficulty.

Milena, who has recently learned to swim, heard her daughters "screaming loudly" and they began drifting further and further out. The mum rang 999 straight away and asked for the coastguard while her husband went into the sea.

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