A 28-year-old man from Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain is reported to be missing at sea following reports of a drowning in progress at Wolfgat Nature Reserve on Wednesday, October 27. According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), other emergency services were deployed to the beach just after 2pm.
NSRI said in a statement that 2 men were swimming when they got into difficulty in the water where one of them was later found injured on the beach and the other one still missing.
“On arrival on the scene, between Wolfgat Nature Reserve and Monwabisi, on a remote stretch of coastline, a 32-year-old male, believed to be from Tafelsig, was found injured on the beach suffering non-fatal drowning symptoms. Eyewitnesses on the scene confirmed that the 28-year-old male was seen in the water before disappearing,” the statement said.
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The statement said further that the injured man was then taken into the care of paramedics and following a thorough medical assessment he was released on the scene before NSRI sea rescue craft Sharon, the EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter and emergency services resources on the shoreline conducted an extensive sea, air and shoreline search. A Police Dive Unit will continue its ongoing search operation on Thursday.
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