WHILE on holiday in Majorca, an eight-year-old Launceston girl helped to save a six-year-old from drowning while they were swimming together in a hotel pool.

Kaitlyn Jennings, who celebrated her ninth birthday two days after the incident, had made friends with six-year-old Lucy at the hotel.

Having started diving two years before with her dad, Kaitlyn was a strong swimmer, but Lucy was not so confi­dent, and took to the pool with an inflatable ring.

While in the deep end of the pool, Kaitlyn said she had "turned away for a moment" and when she looked back Lucy's ring had slipped away and she saw her friend struggling.

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