Hero dad rescues woman and three children from drowning

A hero dad rescued a woman and three kids from drowning.

John Haughie, 32, was at the beach with his wife and two daughters when they heard screaming coming from the water.

The brave dad of-two from Alexandria, who was on holiday in Arisaig, near Fort William, raced into the water and dived under to grab all four people, before dragging them to safety.

Both families had been so startled by what happened that John and his two-year-old daughter, Bella, were the only people not crying.

John rescued Poppy McCallie, aged nine, and her brother Ben, 14, along with their mum, Katrina, 38, and her eight-year-old brother Lewis McCorkindale.

Mum-of-three Katrina, from Hamilton, can’t swim but saw the children struggling and dashed into the water before realising she was in trouble herself.

John said: “I had the chance to try and stop them from drowning or stand by and do nothing, even when I got them out of the water they were struggling to breathe and crying.

“The tide went out and the kids followed it, and there’s a big drop.

“I had seen the little girl and the boys, and I dived down underneath them and I was about to swim away when I realised the mother was under the water.

“I could see her under the water with her eyes wide open, and I reached out with my right hand and grabbed her too.