They saved my life and gave me my dreams

A WOMAN rescued by Captain Miguel Parcha and his crew described the coastguards as: “Heroes, heroes, heroes.” Sara Brhanu, 25, is now living in Germany, pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse.

But a year ago she and 28 other migrants feared for their lives after their boat got stranded off the coast of Spain.

She told the Mirror: “It was 17 hours from Morocco until Spain in the sea. I was scared.

“Our boat’s motor was broken, the food and water was finished. We could not see anything, no other boats. We