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Tom: Saved by voice of God

Jones says he got guidance from above in water

- BY KIM CARR

MUSIC legend Sir Tom Jones believes a higher power saved his life when he got in trouble swimming in Acapulco.

The 80-year-old told of a terrifying incident when he was on holiday in Mexico with pals and went off by himself into water near a lagoon.

He said: “I started swimming then someone called me and I thought, ‘I’d better swim back’.

“I swam but didn’t move an inch. I thought, ‘This is it now.’ I always used to put my jewellery in my man bag and for some unknown reason I hadn’t. I put my hand on my chest and still had this big cross and chain on.”

The Voice coach, whose new album Surrounded By Time is out this week, felt comforted by his crucifix and asked for God’s grace.

He added: “I put my hand on it and said, ‘God, I’m desperate here. What do I do?’ I was going to give up. I thought I’d take a load of water in and say goodnight. But a voice came to me and said, ‘If you think you can swim, now is the time to prove it.’

“I thought, ‘This is it s*** or bust.’ Head down, I go like the clappers. But then I’m caught and spun, and thought, ‘Surely I’m going to break my neck?’”

After washing up on the sand, Tom was told the area was full of sharks. Asked by Alan Carr on his Life’s A Beach podcast if he thinks God spoke to him, Tom said: “Definitely. People said, ‘Some divine thing happened to you and you were placed back on that beach – it wasn’t your time to go.’”

 ??  ?? LUCKY Sir Tom
LUCKY Sir Tom
 ??  ?? TRUNK HUNK Tom alongside ex-Miss World Marjorie Wallace
TRUNK HUNK Tom alongside ex-Miss World Marjorie Wallace

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