Article 67GQT Teenager sacrificed life off Dorset coast to save sister from drowning, inquest hears

Teenager sacrificed life off Dorset coast to save sister from drowning, inquest hears

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Steven Morris
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Callum Baker-Osborne, 18, drowned after rescuing three young relatives caught in riptide and letting sister reach safety in 2021 incident

An 18-year-old man sacrificed his own life by letting go of his older sister in the sea having just saved his two nephews and a niece from a fierce riptide off the Dorset coast, an inquest heard.

Callum Baker-Osborne was exhausted after swimming to the rescue of the three young children and briefly clung on to his sister, Samantha Osborne-Ward, for help.

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