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Teenager dragged from rip current Rescued girl's parents at bedside
(about 4 hours later)
A teenage girl is in a stable condition in intensive care after nearly drowning while swimming off St Ives in Cornwall. The parents of a French teenager who is in intensive care after nearly drowning off the Cornish coast have travelled from France to be at her bedside.
Three French girls, all aged 17, had been swimming off Porthmeor Beach when they were caught by a strong rip current in the surf. The 17-year-old had been swimming off Porthmeor Beach, near St Ives, on Sunday, when she was caught by a strong rip current in the surf.
Two of the girls managed to get to shore and raised the alarm for their friend. Two friends, also caught in the current, managed to swim to shore and raise the alarm.
Several people who were nearby then waded into the water and dragged the unconscious girl to the beach. The unconscious teenager was rescued and given life-saving treatment.
All three girls were flown to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske. She is said to be in a serious but stable condition in intensive care at the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske.
Two have since been released following treatment but the third girl remains in intensive care in a critical but stable condition. She was flown there, along with her two friends, after being pulled from the water by a local resident.
She was not breathing and it is believed her heart had stopped.
No lifeguards
Two police officers helped by a member of the public started resuscitation, before air ambulance paramedics took over.
A member of the rescue crew said the other girls were "both shocked and very hypothermic".
It has emerged that there were no lifeguards on duty on Porthmeor beach at the time because the service ended for the winter two weeks ago.
Phil Drew, the RNLI's area lifeguard manager, said: "We'd all like to see the lifeguard season extended for weekends, and certainly the October half-term.
"Our wish would be that that would happen."
It is believed the three girls were part of a group of students from a college in Brittany.