Telford police officer and daughters honoured for saving man from drowning while on holiday
Shaun, Poppy and Macey Lyle have all be recognised by the Royal Humane Society
A police officer from Telford and his two teenage daughters are being hailed as "life saving heroes" after saving a man who got into difficulty in the sea while they were on holiday.
PC Shaun Lyle was on holiday in Cornwall last year with his daughters, Macey, now 19, and Poppy, now 16, when the three of them spotted a man in his 70s in distress in the water at at Treyarnon Bay.
The trio then sprung into action, with Shaun and Macey using their bodyboards to keep the man afloat and bring him to land safely, and Poppy helping the man's wife and daughter get to safety and providing support until they knew their loved one was okay.
"It was a surreal moment when we managed to get control of him," said Shaun.
"And then that realisation that had we not done what we'd done he would have drowned."
"It was really scary to be fair," added Poppy - she said she was worried about the possibility of having to break the worst news possible to the two women.
Macey added: "We kind of like connected our boards together and took him in and carried him to the shore."
She continued: "We were on holiday a couple of weeks ago and we were in the same place where it happened and we were like, 'remember when we saved that guy?' - not many people can really say that!"
Shaun, Poppy and Macey have now all be recognised for their actions by the Royal Humane Society.
Praising them for their swift and life-saving action, Andrew Chapman, Secretary of the Royal Humane Society said: “Without a shadow of doubt they saved this man from drowning.
"They did a wonderful job in difficult conditions and richly deserve the awards they are to receive.”
Shaun said he was incredibly proud watching his daughter's instinctive efforts to help.
"I know they make their mum proud as well and, just to see them react without hesitation to help someone who was in absolute distress." he said.
"Yeah, I'm really really proud of them and to do that with them as well."
The family are urging people to be safe around the water this summer.
Macey said: "It's a dangerous place - you don't know what's going to happen and what's going to come up.
"So, I definitely think more education needs to be made on this is here, this will hurt you and you need to make your decisions wisely."