Publication Date:
Sun, 2004-11-14 03:00
JEDDAH, 14 November 2004 — The Saudi Coast Guard rescued an 18-year-old Ukrainian girl who swam the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. The girl who was with her family on a visit to Egypt fell out with her parents who wanted her to complete her college studies against her will.
A swimming champion in her country, she said she decided to run away from the tourist village where her family was staying and started swimming the Gulf of Aqaba eventually reaching Saudi waters.
The Saudi Coast Guard provided shelter and food to the exhausted girl before taking her to a local hospital.
The Ukrainian consul general in the Kingdom visited the girl at the hospital and thanked the Saudi Coast Guard and medical staff.
The girl will soon be returned to her family.
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