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Spa horror “My 8-year-old sister saved my life”

Molly Devenny, 7, owes her life to the courage and quick-thinking of her eight-year-old sister.

Chloe used first-aid she’d seen on television to try to resuscitate Molly after pulling her free from their father’s backyard spa in Perth, where she lay trapped underwater after her hair was sucked into a filter.

“I was very scared,” says Chloe. “I didn’t want her to die. I blew in her mouth five times and then I pressed her chest like I’d watched it done on TV,” she recalls. “I thought, ‘This might help, let’s try this’.

For the full story, see this week’s issue of Woman’s Day (on sale February 26).

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