Posted on 07/01/2020 12:24:43 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
A woman from Cornwall is being hailed a hero after saving a family from drowning while topless.
As one of Jessica Laytons friends put it, not all heroes wear capes, some of them dont even wear bikini tops.
The 28-year-old from Penzance was sunbathing on naturist beach Pedn Vounder, near Porthcurno, yesterday (Tuesday, June 23) when the drama happened.
She told Cornwall Live: It was just after 3pm and the tide was coming in. I decided to go for a final dip before going home."
I was topless in the sea when I saw two young women struggling to swim near rocks. Another member of the family ran in to help them and she started struggling too.
I swam towards them and thought oh s**t as I realised how strong the rip current was. I was struggling myself and they were panicking, which wasnt ideal in a situation like that."
The incident involved two sisters and a cousin.
I was going to tell them to float, which is the best thing you can do in a rip current, but they were panicking so much it wouldnt have worked. They were all holding hands, so I grabbed one of their hands and pulled them all on to the beach.
Jessica who is a performer with Cornwalls popular Rogue Theatre added: One of the women said arent you strong? afterwards Im not sure where the strength came from.
The actor and singer is a regular on the nudist beach and says people watching her rescue may have seen a lot more.
Fortunately, Id just put my bikini bottoms on before it happened. Its a classic of course I was going to be topless when something like this happens!
She said the family were really grateful for her heroic actions and asked if she was a lifeguard.
Pedn Vounder doesn't have lifeguard cover and is renowned among locals for being dangerous due to rip currents caused by the incoming tide.
Its lucky I was there its really weird thinking it happened, I cant quite grasp it, she added.
Jessicas friends have hailed her a hero online.
One posted on Facebook: Local hero saves family from certain death with her norks out!
Others called her 'amazing' and a 'legend'.
This thread is useless without [topless] pics [of Jessica].
LOL, I remember that movie. That kid pretended to be drowning, and the girl lifeguard rescued him, started mouth to mouth, and it evolved into him kissing her.
Sorry guys. Anybody caught in a riptide knows this is titillating fakebook bullshit.
Does anyone wonder why the two sisters and a cousin were at a nudist beach?
There has to be more to that story.
No. Is there something strange about two sisters and a cousin going to a nudist beach?
Porn Movie in 3, 2, 1 ....
Is that like a lard ass?
Always dress for whatever might occur.
Semper ubi sub ubi!
Oh , Wendy Peffercorn. Sandlot is underappreciated.
Looks like a very physically fit young woman.
Free the nipple!
Is she a Pirate from Penzance?
Poldark country.
Squints and Wendy Peffercorn
You wanna see some great teeth see the movie They Shall Not Grow Old. By the way in my opinion it is a great movie.
The sports viewing world demands a new Olympic Event:
Bumper Cars.
Does anyone wonder why the two sisters and a cousin were at a nudist beach?Kentuckians on vacation?
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