Irish scouts hailed as heroes after saving boy on holiday in Turkey

Two young Irish scouts are being hailed as heroes after one fearlessly jumped 20ft into a river and the other pulled a 14-year-old Turkish boy to safety after he hit his head and was in danger of drowning.

Mollie Tamara Powell, 16, a member of Co Dublin’s Rush 38th Scouts and Sean Thompson, 16, from 6th Wexford Tuskar Sea Scouts, rescued the boy from the Dim Cay River in Mahmutlar, Turkey, where they are on holiday with their families.

They went to the boy’s aid during the incident on Tuesday and pulled him from the water, even clearing his airways and preparing to do CPR before a nurse, who was also on holiday, took over. The boy, now in recovery, was taken to hospital.