Off duty RNLI lifeguard family save three swimmers lives in Cornwall

The father, son and daughter were spotted in distress in the water at Treyarnon Beach

A family of off duty RNLI lifeguards have saved the lives of three swimmers on holiday in a major rescue in Cornwall.

On the evening of Sunday 20 August, the Barnes family were packing up from a group barbecue on Treyarnon Beach, when off duty RNLI lifeguard Issey Barnes noticed three swimmers near the rocks on the south side of the beach.

On her way over to the group she noticed one of the swimmers, a young boy, was “waving in distress”; whilst the other two casualties, a father and daughter, were “being smashed against the rocks”.

Issey immediately signalled for help to her two sisters and her father; Maisie, Scarlet and Gareth Barnes, who are also all RNLI lifeguards. Issey instructed the boy to swim…