‘They are heroes’: Three young girls rescue struggling swimmers

Source: Jackie Dunham, CTVNews.ca, August 30, 2017 

It seems three young girls learned a thing or two from their lifeguarding course when they rescued two struggling swimmers at a beach in Surrey, B.C. earlier this month.

Kate Hunter, Lily Cox and Georgia Springate were enjoying a summer afternoon of jumping off the pier at Crescent Beach on Aug. 18 when they heard a cry for help. A stranger told the 11-year-old girls that her friend was in trouble.

Without hesitating, Cox immediately swam out to the struggling swimmer.

“The current was really strong and it was getting cold, so I towed her to the ladder,” she told CTV Vancouver on Tuesday.

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Image Source: The three young girls have taken a junior lifeguarding course. – Image courtesy of CTV News 

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