A mum taught herself to swim after her daughters nearly drowned at sea.
Milena Smith, from Birkenhead, was enjoying a day out in Barmouth, Wales, with her husband and their two daughters in August last year. Mabel, 12, and Elsie, 10, were playing in the water when they started to struggle in the water. Melina, who could not swim at the time, was forced to watch helplessly as the sisters started screaming in panic and began drifting out to sea.
Milena shouted to her husband who managed to get Elsie to safety, however, Mabel was completely out of sight, having been swept a quarter of a mile offshore. One year after the ordeal, the mum-of-two decided to take to the water to raise money for the RNLI who helped to save her children
