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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Benjamin Parker

Tourist stuck thousands of miles from home after she’s swept out to sea on holiday: ‘I was begging for help’

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A British tourist is stranded thousands of miles from home in hospital after being swept out to see by a freak wave – and she doesn’t have travel insurance.

Charline Edwards, a 24-year-old from Sutton Coldfield, said she was left in “excruciating” pain after being dragged down by the ocean while spending time on a beach with her boyfriend in Cape Verde.

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