FATHER of two has died after he was swept out to sea while swimming on holiday in Spain.
Colin McLean, 42, had been playing with his eight-year-old son Fraser in the sea near Fuengirola, Malaga, shortly before he got into difficulties.
He shouted for help and is understood to have been pulled from the water by a police officer who tried to revive him as his wife Jenny sat by his side but he could not be saved.
Mrs McLean flew back to Edinburgh this week with Fraser and the couple's five-year-old daughter Olivia following the tragedy on Monday.
They had been staying with friends at the family's holiday flat near Fuengirola since last Wednesday, and her husband, a project manager with the Port Of Leith Housing Association, flew out on Saturday to join them.
Mrs McLean said: "We went to the beach. It wasn't choppy. There was no flag up - no flag up at all.
"Fraser and Colin were playing in the waves and basically, Fraser just came out and all of a sudden we couldn't see Colin.
"The next minute he was way out at sea. We were shouting and screaming to get help and eventually, as far as I'm aware, a policeman stripped and went in and got him.
"Paramedics worked on Colin for about 45 minutes to an hour but there was absolutely nothing - and I sat with him all the time."
The family, who live in Corstorphine, are staying with relatives as they try to come to terms with their loss.
Mrs McLean added: "Colin was so strong I can not even begin to think how or why it happened, or what happened - whether it was an undercurrent that just took him away - I don't know.
"Fraser doesn't know what to do. Colin did everything with him. Took him to rugby, to play golf, everything.
"He was the best dad in the world.
"Colin meant everything to me. He was my friend. I just don't know what I'm going to do without him.
"His mum and dad and sister are just devastated, but have been brilliant, helping us to get through this."
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