Mam is saved after being swept into sea

A mum was saved from the sea at Seaham after a freak wave swept her into the water while she was visiting with her family.

Rosa Fawcett, 27 from Darlington, has thanked a stranger after he saved her from drowning in the sea at Seaham following her being swept out by a freak wave.

Rosa was visiting with her family and walking along the promenade when the incident took place at around 10amonWednesday.

The business analyst has described how she entered up in the water and what was going through her mind before she was saved.

She said: “My family were on the beach and I was walking along the promenade looking for a way to get down to them.

"I started walking towards the sand and all of a sudden, a wave crashed over me, took my legs away and swept me out to sea. I went under the water and managed to get up to catch my breath before being pulled under again, I was just screaming for help and felt like I was constantly being swept further out while trying not to in hale any water.

"Then I saw stranger called Chris wading out to me who managed to grab my hand and pulled me out before phoning an ambulance for me, I couldn’t even stand as my legs had gone to jelly.

“I just kept thinking that I hoped the coastguard would arrive quickly and that this was how I was going to die.”

Rosa has since paid tribute to Chris and the medical teams who looked after her following the ordeal.

She added :“Chris is a true hero for saving me and somehow I’ve managed to come away from it with a few scraps and some bruised knees.”