Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Two teenage girls rescued an elderly man from the River Mersey by forming a 'human chain'.
The heroic schoolgirls rushed to the man's aid after hearing him scream for help during a walk along the banks of the Mersey in Warrington on Sunday (April 25).
Ellie Hughes and Khloe Woods, both 14, found the 74-year-old struggling in the freezing cold water and pulled him out, our sister title the Liverpool Echo reports.
Ellie's dad, Ste Hughes, said he was "absolutely bursting with pride" when his daughter told him about the incident. "They turned around and saw him in the water and made a human chain," he told the Echo. "The gent was holding on to Khloe who had
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