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A holidaymaker from Paarl turned out to be the unlikely hero in Hartenbos on Wednesday when two learners from a school in Upington were swept out to sea.
The school principal first rushed in fully clothed to try and help the struggling Grade 7 girls.
The drama was captured by a Mossel Bay couple walking on the beach.