A 17-year-old boy from Hout Bay, is missing after he was caught in rip currents on Wednesday afternoon, after being swept off rocks on the shoreline below the Llandudno, Sandy Bay parking area.
PICTURE: NSRI logoThe National Sea Rescue
Institute's (NSRI) Craig Lambinon says search operations, for the boy who has
been identified as Ryder Kossatz, will continue on Thursday.
"It appears he had been
in shallow surf on rocks on the shoreline with friends when reportedly a wave
may have swept him off his feet and we believe he had attempted to swim with
sea currents to escape the rocky shoreline."
"Despite an extensive
sea, air and shoreline search there remained no sign of the teenager. The
Police Dive Unit was activated and accompanied by the EMS rescue squad drone
unit, Hout Bay Police and NSRI, an extensive search using a rescue drone, with
a FLIR (Thermal Imaging Camera Technology), and shoreline patrols was continued
into the night but there remains no sign of the missing teenager. The Police
Dive Unit, assisted by EMS rescue squad and emergency services, are continuing
in an ongoing search operation," added Craig Lambinon, NSRI spokesperson.
Done By: Alungile Njemla
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