Love Island’s Lucie Donlan reveals she and boyfriend Luke Mabbott saved family with four young children from ‘dangerous’ River Gannel in Cornwall
Love Islanders Lucie Rose Donlan and Luke Mabbott proved to be real heroes when they rescued a family of five from the River Gannel in Cornwall.
The loved-up couple, who are keen surfers and spend a lot of their spare time on the beach, noticed the mum and her four young children were in distress when the tide began to rush in.
They ended up having to wade then swim into the waters with their surfboards so the family could get safely ashore by sitting upon them.
Coming to the rescue: Love Islanders Lucie Rose Donlan and Luke Mabbott proved to be real heroes when they rescued a family of five from the River Gannel in Cornwall
Lucie, 22, told followers in a now deleted post on Instagram: ‘Now the Lifeguards have gone please be careful out there on the beaches if you’re not familiar with it please. Luke Mabbott and I had to help a family today from being cut off by the tide that had four young kids and one was only a few months old.
‘The tide was rushing in and if we weren’t there they would of been on big trouble. We had to wade/ swim across and get the kids on my surfboard then help the mother and her baby across safely.
‘We were so glad everyone was safe but I worry of this happening to another family that are not sure about how dangerous the ocean can be.’
Helping out: The loved-up couple, who are keen surfers and spend a lot of their spare time on the beach, noticed the mum and her four young children were in distress
Real life heroes: It appeared the couple also saved music producer Tom Sennitt from the treacherous waters
Life savers: He wrote a thank-you to them on Instagram saying: ‘Thanks Luke Mabbot and Lucie Rose Donlan for helping me out the water lol.’
It appeared the couple also saved music producer Tom Sennitt from the treacherous waters.
He wrote a thank-you to them on Instagram saying: ‘Thanks Luke Mabbot and Lucie Rose Donlan for helping me out the water lol.’
The two lovebirds who recently toured Scotland in a camper van also revealed they are keen to buy a dog.
Sweet: The two lovebirds who recently toured Scotland in a camper van also revealed they are keen to buy a dog
Lucie went public with her Love Island beau Luke, 25, at the start of July.
Soon after the announcement, Luke branded the surfer his ‘partner in crime’ in a sweet social media post.
The former heating engineer and the model looked loved-up as they shared a hug on the beach during a romantic surfing trip in Yorkshire.
Just hours after going Instagram official, the Luke’s ex-girlfriend Demi Jones – who he was partnered up with on Love Island’s winter 2020 series – appeared to make a thinly-veiled dig at her co-star as she liked a tweet about being ‘better off alone’.
Happy couple: Lucie went public with her Love Island beau Luke at the start of July