Child and mother fall overboard from Sweden to Poland ferry -media

A mother and her 7-year-old child fell overboard on Thursday from a ferry traveling from Sweden to Poland, Swedish media reported. "It's a 7-year-old who has fallen in and the mother has jumped in after," rescue leader Anders Lannholm at the Swedish Maritime and Air Rescue Centre told TT news agency. The ferry, Stena Spirit, was in the Baltic Sea midway through its journey to Gdynia in Poland from Karlskrona in Sweden when the incident occurred, Lannholm said.

A mother and her 7-year-old child fell overboard on Thursday from a ferry traveling from Sweden to Poland, Swedish media reported. "It's a 7-year-old who has fallen in and the mother has jumped in after," rescue leader Anders Lannholm at the Swedish Maritime and Air Rescue Centre told TT news agency.

The ferry, Stena Spirit, was in the Baltic Sea midway through its journey to Gdynia in Poland from Karlskrona in Sweden when the incident occurred, Lannholm said. A large rescue effort was underway, with several helicopters and NATO ships in the area helping out, TT reported.