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.…