Cádiz-born Father Pedro Manuel Salado died in Ecuador shortly after saving the lives of seven children, who had been swept into the sea by a freak wave, near Quinindé.

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The 48-year-old priest, who had been serving as a missionary in the country since 1998 at the Hogar y Escuela Sagrada Familia, swam out to bring each one back to safety before literally dying of exhaustion after saving the last two.

(News: Cadiz, Andalucia)