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Cousins who miraculously survived a night clinging to lobster pots off the Galway coast last month kept their spirits up by singing Taylor Swift songs and praying.
Filled Glynn (17), from Galway City, said that she and her cousin Sarah Feeney (23) sang all of the pop star’s hits in an attempt to stay positive as they clung to a lobster pot attached to their boards. rowing boat and a buoy after being launched into the sea last month.
Speaking on RTE’s The Late Late Show tonight, Ellen said the couple decided they wouldn’t even talk about the real danger they were in, as they spent 15 hours adrift in the open sea, frozen in the rain.
“We don’t talk out loud about what went wrong,” he said.
Instead, “we sing Taylor Swift songs” and pray, she revealed.
“I think I was almost shouting my prayers,” he added.
But Sarah said they knew they couldn’t panic or let fear take over.
“We were very scared at the time, but we tried to make sure we would be okay,” he said.
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Thankful: Ellen Glynn with her parents, Johnny and Deirdre. Photo: Ray Ryan
And fisherman Patrick Oliver and his son Morgan, who rescued them near Inis Oírr, about 17 miles out to sea from Furbo Beach, where they sat on their paddle boards the night before, said the girls did their best to stay with life.
That’s despite the fact that “they were like two corks in the water and the wind just carried them away,” Patrick said.
“We found them, but they were saved,” he told host Ryan Tubridy.
“To do what they did with that rain and the north wind and the swell …” he said.
The girls, who are now fully recovered, said they are eternally grateful not only to the Olivers but to everyone who participated in the massive rescue operation.
“There are too many people to name, let alone thank,” Sarah said.
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Saviors – Local fisherman Patrick Oliver and his son Morgan rescued the two stranded women. Photo: Ray Ryan
The miraculous survival of the cousins despite the odds against them was one of the most uplifting news of the year.
The couple had left the shore around 9 p.m. on what they described as one of the most beautiful nights of the summer. But they were rushed out to sea and disappeared from sight within 20 minutes, leaving Sarah’s mother Helen, who was watching from the shore, terrified when the alarm was raised.
The Coast Guard rescue helicopter and two boats failed to find them overnight, but because it was so dark “we would have been ridiculously lucky if someone had seen us,” Sarah said.
And despite the ordeal the couple survived, they said they were initially more ashamed than scared.
“We knew someone would have to come out and save us. We were freaking out over how embarrassing it would be for someone to save us, ”Ellen said.
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