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A couple jumped into action to help rescue a family who were swept out to sea at a Scots beach . ‌

Sean Bowman, 46, was at Tyninghame Beach in East Lothian with his partner and their three children on May 24, when he spotted a 12-year-old girl in difficulty in the water around 60 metres from the shore. ‌

Her mum and dad had swam out to attempt to save her , but were caught in a dangerous rip current. ‌

Sean, who lives in Dunbar, said: "The girl started screaming really loudly and I could see she was now quite far out, about 60 metres. The mum and dad ran down and said they weren’t good swimmers .

"That’s when I swam to get the girl. I could feel the pull of the rip but back home in South Africa we are taught to swim left or right, not straight out, so I swam i

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