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FOUND THEM! HEROES WHO RESCUED FAMILY FROM CRASH ARE SOLDIERS

written by John2 April 11, 2014
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1457533_302252453262099_1591113324_nFOUR men who rescued a family from an overturned car were Defence Forces soldiers returning home from Finner Camp, it has emerged.

The reluctant heroes went to help the Faulkner family as they returned from a holiday in the county last weekend.

Yesterday mum Laura asked Donegal Daily readers to help to find the mystery men who stopped at the side of the road near Ballybofey – to help Laura, her husband Neil and their three young children – aged 3 months, 18 months and 4 – escape.

Thanks to you – our readers – Laura was able to contact two of the soldiers to thank them personally for what they did last Sunday.

The family had been on holidays here and were travelling home having spent the night in the popular The Gap Lodge B&B in Barnesmore.

Said Laura: “The men who came to help us rescued my world, because my children are my world.

“They are real heroes as far as we are concerned. We were in a ditch, our car was upside down and the doors were locked. I want to thank them again from the bottom of my heart.”

 

FOUND THEM! HEROES WHO RESCUED FAMILY FROM CRASH ARE SOLDIERS was last modified: April 11th, 2014 by John2
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