Teen who spent 15 hours lost off Galway coast recounts horrifying ordeal

A teenager who spent 15 hours lost at sea off the coast of Galway with her cousin has recounted how the pair took turns sleeping in the water as they battled tiredness before their miraculous rescue.

Speaking about the terrifying ordeal on RTE's Today with Sarah McInerney Ellen said: "The waves just got really strong and the wind got really strong very quickly so we kind of knew we wouldn't be able to get back in." Ellen said at one point she and Sara questioned whether anyone was looking for them at all after a number of boats came close but failed to spot the two girls."Nobody could hear us screaming because it was so windy, we were just unlucky...we thought the helicopter lights would pick us up because sure because there was hi-vis strips on our life jackets but the helicopter didn't see us either.

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