Former world champion and Olympic swimmer Filippo Magnini saved the life of a man who was drowning after attempting to chase a swan float that had been carried away by the wind, according to an eyewitness.
The bather got into trouble while attempting to chase a swan float that had been carried away by the wind, Marco Bencivenga, a newspaper director holidaying on the Italian island, told CNN.The man's friends saw that he needed help and began shouting and waving to get the attention of lifeguards, who rushed to deploy a rescue boat.
Read MoreFormer world champion and Olympic swimmer Filippo Magnini reached the swimmer and kept his head above water until lifeguards arrived. Magnini told Bencivenga that the bather had been in great difficulty -- scared, swallowing seawater and unable to speak.The swimmer said it wasn't easy to lift the man onto the raft so he helped him onto a double airbed that other bathers had nearby.
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