18-year-old boy from Mandalay is missing after being swept away by rip currents at Sunset Beach, Milnerton
An 18-year-old from Mandalay is missing after being swept away by rip currents at Sunset Beach in Milnerton on Saturday.
‘’On arrival on the scene it was determined that 4 males,
aged in their late teens, were in difficulty in the surf. 1 was rescued by 2
bystanders, a husband and wife, from Mauritius, using an NSRI pink rescue buoy.
then an additional bystander had launched into the water with a body board to
go to the aid of 2 of the teenagers, while the Mauritian man also returned into
the water, with the pink rescue buoy, and 2 of teenagers were rescued to the
shore,’’ said the National Sea Rescue Institute’s (NSRI) Craig Lambinon.
‘’The 3 casualties, who were now safe on the shore, were
assessed by paramedics and they were not injured and required no medical care.’’
The NSRI’s spokesperson added that police divers are continuing
in an ongoing search to find the missing 18-year-old.
‘’Despite an extensive search there remains no sign of the
missing teenager. Police divers attended at the scene and are continuing in an
ongoing search. Thoughts are with the family of the missing teenager in this
difficult time.’’
‘’It was determined that only minutes before the 4 boys got
into difficulty 2 unidentified male bystander Good Samaritans had used the NSRI
pink rescue buoy to rescue a female who had been caught in the same rip
current. She was rescued to the shore and before her cousin could warn the 4
male teenagers of the strong rip current they were swept away,’’ added Lambinon
PICTURE: NSRIDone By: Mitchum George
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