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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Teenager saves baby from shipwreck during Mediterranean crossing

A teenager holds a baby above water after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea
The 17-year-old teenager, right, keeps the baby above water while holding on to a piece of flotsam. Photograph: Michael Bunel/Le Pictorium Agency/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

The actions of a teenager from Togo have been lauded after video footage was published of him supporting a baby he saved from a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea last week in which at least 30 people died.

The 17-year-old, whose identity has not been disclosed, swam to save the child, whom he was holding above water when a rescue team arrived, in footage published by the French media group Brut.

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