Seattle hero saves 3 girls from drowning at Seafair

The Brief

  • College student Lillie Vehling rescued three girls from drowning at Seattle’s Genesee Park during Seafair weekend.
  • The former lifeguard pulled the girls to safety, including one who was unconscious and tangled in a buoy rope.
  • Seafair honored Vehling for her heroism by knighting her and making her Seafair royalty.

SEATTLE, WA Several young kids and their families will never forget the name Lillie Vehling: the college student who saved three girls from drowning during Seafair weekend.

The backstory:

It happened last Friday at Genessee Park when she went to see the Blue Angels. But when she scanned the water, she knew something was wrong.

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