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King Charles III Honors Woman Who Punched Crocodile to Save Twin Sister


King Charles III’s first Civilian Gallantry List includes Georgia Laurie, a U.K. woman who saved her twin sister from a crocodile attack in 2021

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images King Charles III celebrated a woman who saved her sister’s life during a crocodile attack. Berkshire native Georgia Laurie has been honored with the King’s Gallantry Medal, according to a Tuesday, May 14, news release from the U.K. government’s Cabinet Office. Per the news release, Georgia fought off a crocodile who began attacking her twin sister, Melissa Laurie, by “punching it on the nose with one fist,” sustaining injuries to her hand in the process.

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