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Coast Guard Saves 10 Month Old That Drifted Out To Sea On Floaty When Parents AbsentMindedly Forgot About Her

Jeni Fa · Saturday, July 4th 2015 at 10:11PM · 2480 views

Coast Guard Dramatically Rescues Baby Girl From Open Sea— How She Got There Is the Disturbing Part

A 10-month-old baby girl in an inflatable toy drifted nearly half a mile out to sea after her parents had forgotten they’d left her out there.

The baby, Melda, floated off Çanakkale beach in Turkey and had to be rescued by a coast guard ship as she drifted towards the Greek island of Lesbos.

That tiny yellow dot is poor Melda floating away, far from the beach:

 

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You can see little Melda in yellow below the boat:

 

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She was returned safely to her parents, who hopefully learned their lesson:

 

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Other beachgoers had tried to save Melda, but the current was too strong for them to safely reach her.

Coast Guard Saves 10 Month Old That Drifted Out To Sea On Floaty When Parents AbsentMindedly Forgot About Her

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Jeni Fa Sunday, July 5th 2015 at 6:13PM

Coast Guard Dramatically Rescues Baby Girl From Open Sea— How She Got There Is the Disturbing Part

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