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Daily Mirror
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Laura Sharman

Teenager saves baby from shipwreck during dangerous Mediterranean crossing

A teenager has been praised for rescuing a baby from drowning in a devastating shipwreck that killed at least 30 people.

The boy, 17, swam to save the tot and held her above the water until a rescue team arrived in the Mediterranean Sea.

Crew threw the teen a floatation device to pull him and another survivor to safety and urgently treated the four-month-old baby who had stopped breathing.

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