Upcoming film The Swimmers tells the real-life story of two sisters who were forced to flee war-torn - before one went onto become an Olympian.Sarah, now 26, and Yusra Mardini, now 24, left their home in Damascus in August 2015, four years after the conflict broke out in March 2011, in a bid to reach Europe. They planned to fly to Istanbul, before travelling to via sea, then on land to . But the journey nearly ended in tragedy when the motor on the dinghy they took across the Aegean Sea stalled, leaving its 18 occupants in peril.
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