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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Olivia Williams

Schoolgirl's one word to sister when they feared they were drowning

A schoolgirl told her sister one word to save her from drowning as they were swept out to sea.

Mabel, 12 and Elsie Smith, 10, from Birkenhead, were on holiday with their parents in Barmouth, Wales, back in August. They were playing in the water when they started to get into difficulty.

Mum 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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