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DRAGGED OUT TO SEA

IT’S not your fault. It’s not your fault.

Her mom has been repeating these words like a mantra but Jenney Griessel can’t shake her feelings of guilt.

She’s haunted by the faces of her dad, Johann Griessel, and her fiancé, Colin Schreuder, as they fought in vain for their lives in their final act of love for her.

The men had tried to rescue Jenney when she was caught in a rip current at Umzumbe Beach on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal on 3 October.

Now the family is shell-shocked, their lives hollowed out by their devastating loss.

Jenney (26) and Colin (34) were enjoying an early summer holiday with her parents, Johann and Charissa,

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