- A 10-month-old baby has been rescued after floating a kilometre offshore
- She was in a child's inflatable when dragged out to sea by strong winds
- Horrified beachgoers tried to rescue her before contacting the coastguard
- Turkish authorities pulled her from the sea as she floated towards Greece
Incredible
pictures have emerged of a baby being rescued from the open ocean after
she floated a kilometre out to sea when her parents forgot they left
her in the water.
The
Turkish Coastguard was called into action today after beachgoers and
the child's parents realised in horror that strong winds and ocean
currents were swiftly pulling her towards Greece.
Kept
alive only because she was sitting inside a child's flotation device,
10-month-old Melda Ilgin was pulled from the ocean when rescuers dived
into the water to catch her.
Ten month old Melda Ilgin floats out to sea after being left in the yellow flotation device at the beach
A rescuer pulls her to safety after having dived into the water to stop her travelling towards Greece
Incredibly, she had travelled a kilometre out to sea before rescuers were able to reach her
Here she is seen carried away from the scene by her mother after being saved by the Turkish Coastguard
Melda's mother gives her some water after she was saved from floating out to sea by the Turkish Coastguard
The ordeal began when the Ilgin family took a trip to the beach near the town of Kucukkuyu, in Turkey's south west coast, BGN News reported.
Sitting her in a child's flotation device, they left her in the water while they relaxed.
However, strong northerly winds sent her offshore and sailing quickly south towards the Greek island of Lesbos.
Horrified
beachgoers then realised the gravity of the situation and after several
attempts to rescue her themselves, called the coastguard.
Travelling almost a kilometre offshore, rescuers dived into the water and pulled her from the sea.
She was soon reunited with her parents, who quickly ushered her from the scene as a gathered crowd looked on in bewilderment.
Melda Ilgun drifted a kilometre from
the Turkish beach (identified by the red dot) and was moving towards the
Greek island of Lesbos when rescued
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