Girl,15, died after being swept out to sea and mum drowned trying to save her

Girl,15, died after being swept out to sea and mum drowned trying to save herThe girl's friend said: "It happened as quick as a blink." Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Charlie Bradley, Content Editor 14:46, Thu, May 28, 2026 Updated: 14:46, Thu, May 28, 2026 Grace Keeling, left, and Sarah Keeling went into the sea at Withernsea on 2 January (Image: Police)A 15-year-old girl was swept out to sea "in a blink" as she and her friend took photos of themselves in front of a raging sea, an inquest has heard. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) Grace Keeling died in the sea at Withernsea, East Yorkshire, along with her mother, Sarah Keeling, 45, and local man Mark Ratcliffe. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the day's biggest headlines in UK and World news and more Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy Policy Read more: Police update on body recovered in missing teen search Read more: Tragic update as body found in search for missing teen Grace Keeling Ratcliffe, 67, who went into the water to help her on the afternoon of January 2 and immediately got into difficulty himself.A coroner heard on Thursday how Mr Ratcliffe's grandchildren "will grow up knowing their granddad was a hero".The inquest in Hull heard evidence from...