Beach hero jumps into the water after spotting 3 girls in danger of drowning
A California college student rescued three girls who were in danger of drowning at a Seattle park after spotting them struggling in the water during a festival.The student, Lillie Vehling, is a Division I water polo player at the University of California, Davis, FOX 13 Seattle reported.Vehling was in Seattle for Seafair, the city's annual summer festival, when she spotted three girls struggling in the waters of Lake Washington near Genesee Park on July 31.EXTREME DEPTH MADE FATAL CAVE DIVE PERILOUS AT LUXURY HONEYMOON DESTINATIONA California native, Vehling had gone to Genesee Park to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron.The girls "did not look very good" in the water, Vehling said in an interview with FOX 13 Seattle."They were already bobbing up and down, trying to get breaths, and one of the girls was actually drowning the others in order to breathe," she said."That's when I knew I had to jump in."SHARK WEEK ADVISORY AS WARMING SEAS PUSH BLACKTIPS FARTHER NORTH ALONG EAST COASTVehling said that she saved the girl who was drowning the others first "so that the others weren't even in worse shape."Fox News Digitial reached out to Vehling for more details.
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A California college student rescued three girls who were in danger of drowning at a Seattle park after spotting them struggling in the water during a festival.The student, Lillie Vehling, is a Division I water polo player at the University of California, Davis, FOX 13 Seattle reported.Vehling was in Seattle for Seafair, the city's annual summer festival, when she spotted three girls struggling in the waters of Lake Washington near Genesee Park on July 31.EXTREME DEPTH MADE FATAL CAVE DIVE PERILOUS AT LUXURY HONEYMOON DESTINATIONA California native, Vehling had gone to Genesee Park to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron.The girls "did not look very good" in the water, Vehling said in an interview with FOX 13 Seattle."They were already bobbing up and down, trying to get breaths, and one of the girls was actually drowning the others in order to breathe," she said."That's when I knew I had to jump in."SHARK WEEK ADVISORY AS WARMING SEAS PUSH BLACKTIPS FARTHER NORTH ALONG EAST COASTVehling said that she saved the girl who was drowning the others first "so that the others weren't even in worse shape."Fox News Digitial reached out to Vehling for more details. "I removed them one by one," she told FOX 13. "The first girl — I, again, don't really remember how I did it, but I got her back to the shallow water."After rescuing the second swimmer, Vehling untangled the third girl from the buoy rope and brought her up to safety.CARIBBEAN HOT SPOT GRIPPED BY WATER CRISIS, AND TOURISTS SCRAMBLE TO RESCHEDULE PLANS"Unfortunately, by the time I had gotten to the third girl, it was just the top of her head that was there," Vehling said."I just saw her black hair in the water barely floating and when I got to her, she was unconscious.
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- A California college student rescued three girls who were in danger of drowning at a Seattle park after spotting them struggling in the water during a festival.The student, Lillie Vehling, is a Division I water polo player at the University of California, Davis, FOX 13 Seattle reported.Vehling was in Seattle for Seafair, the city's annual summer festival, when she spotted three girls struggling in the waters of Lake Washington near Genesee Park on July 31.EXTREME DEPTH MADE FATAL CAVE DIVE PERILOUS AT LUXURY HONEYMOON DESTINATIONA California native, Vehling had gone to Genesee Park to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron.The girls "did not look very good" in the water, Vehling said in an interview with FOX 13 Seattle."They were already bobbing up and down, trying to get breaths, and one of the girls was actually drowning the others in order to breathe," she said."That's when I knew I had to jump in."SHARK WEEK ADVISORY AS WARMING SEAS PUSH BLACKTIPS FARTHER NORTH ALONG EAST COASTVehling said that she saved the girl who was drowning the others first "so that the others weren't even in worse shape."Fox News Digitial reached out to Vehling for more details.
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