18-month-old girl rescued after floating out to sea while parents were ‘distracted’

Dramatic video captured an 18-month-old girl being rescued after she floated nearly a mile out to sea off the coast of Tunisia in an inflatable tube.

The family was enjoying a day on the beach Saturday in Kelibia, on the country’s northeast coast, when strong winds swept the girl away while her parents were “momentarily distracted,” government sources told local radio station Shems FM, the Sun reported. After realizing their daughter was missing, the parents alerted authorities, who launched a rescue mission.