Ethel Sacco took the dramatic photo (below) of a seven-year-old girl being hoisted on board an AFM Alouette helicopter after a cabin cruiser sank between l-Aħrax and Comino yesterday afternoon.

John A. Gauci-Maistre and Wilfred Camilleri, shot the videos above.

The girl was given emergency CPR by a doctor on another boat before being flown to Mater Dei Hospital.

mynews@timesofmalta.com

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