EXCLUSIVE: French students survive River Dee catastrophe
Three French students are speaking exclusively to Northsound News about the moment they almost drowned in the River Dee.
Three French students are speaking exclusively to Northsound News about the moment they almost drowned in the River Dee.
Madeleine Murray, 20, Elisa Ossir, 21, and Laure Pontet, 20, hit a tree branch when they were sailing their dinghy - they were knocked into the water.
They did manage to get themselves out of the river - even making an attempt to rescue the boat.
Madeleine (centre), is a student at the University of Aberdeen, with Elisa and Laure making the trip to the North East on a one week visit.
The women, originally from the South East town of Avignon in France say they didn't realise just how much danger they were in at the time.
Our reporter Phil McDonald sat down with them to find out what happened: