Taylor Swift brightened the ordeal of two castaways

The misfortune of Irish women Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney could have turned out badly.

One evening in August last year, the two cousins ​​were off for a little paddleboarding trip to Furbo Beach, in Galway Bay, when a strong wind blew them away.

15 hours later, they were found by a fishing boat 27 kilometers away.

A traumatic experience that the two women managed to overcome… by singing Taylor Swift!

In any case, this is what they told the microphone of RTÉ radio, in a documentary called

.

Moved

“I would say that at first Sara thought I was going crazy, but then she started singing with me and it gave us a bit of distraction,” recalls Ellen Glynn, adding that they had sung the song 

, the title of the pop star in collaboration with Bon Iver present on

.

According to Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney, Taylor Swift heard about their mishap and sent them a letter and a painting to let them know about her feelings.

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