Georgia reached the bank, but as Melissa was being pulled up onto it by another member of the group the crocodile reappeared and dragged her under the water.
Georgia, now 31, plunged into the water and twice fought off the reptile to save her twin sister, an extraordinary act of bravery for which she is now receiving the King’s Gallantry Medal.
The award from King Charles III recognizes acts in which civilians put themselves at risk in an attempt to save someone else.
It is a “silver lining to have come out of the terrible ordeal,” Georgia told the UK’s PA Media news agency.
She sustained bite injuries to her hand, but the impact was hard enough that the crocodile eventually released her sister.
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