The father of the sisters who drowned in the Nikolsky pond of Peterhof tried to save them, but he did not succeed do the source said.
According to him, both schoolgirls did not know how to swim, but the younger sister wanted to prove the opposite and went too deep into the water. The older girl rushed to help her sister, but began to sink with her.
“The brother saw that the sisters began to drown, and hurried to call for help from adults. The girls’ father was able to pull the youngest ashore on his own, but the body of the eldest went to the bottom, ”the source said.
He addedthat the 12-year-old girl could not be resuscitated, and the body of the 14-year-old schoolgirl was later raised from the bottom by rescuers.
It is also noted that the family has a positive characteristic.