Emma Bassermann and Zoe Meklensek-Ireland were honoured by their Dorval Swim Club on April 5, 2024 after they jumped into the Barbados waters and saved British man Robert Stone, who was caught in a current and may have drowned.
A pair of teenage girls from Montreal were soaking in humble gratitude when they arrived home to Canada on Wednesday after they saved a couple from drowning in Barbados.
Montreal teenagers Emma Bassermann and Zoe Meklensek-Ireland demonstrated extraordinary courage and lifesaving skills during a beach outing in Barbados. The duo, enjoying the sun and waves, heard distress calls from Belinda Stone, a woman from South London, England. She revealed her husband, Robert, was struggling to return to shore, too far out in the ocean.…
Two Montreal teenagers one of whom is a competitive swimmer are being praised for saving the lives of a couple from the U.K. after they were drowning in the waters off the coast of Barbados earlier this week.