Team Herald
Calangute: Five tourists were saved from drowning at Calangute and Baga, while five children who had gone missing were also reunited with their families by lifesavers over the busy weekend, the last before the monsoon, which saw huge crowds of tourists in the Calangute-Candolim beach-belt.
At Baga beach, two young men from Karnataka, aged 21 and 22 years, had waded into deeper sections of the sea, when a sudden underwater current pulled them in deeper, leaving them unable to swim back to shore. Lifesavers rushed to their rescue with a jet-ski, saving them.
A double rescue was also reported at Calangute beach, involving two males, aged 22 and 23, from Kolhapur. Lifesavers stationed on the beach noticed their sudden struggle in the waters and launched a rescue tube and surfboard to rescue them.
Also at Calangute beach, two lifesavers rescued an 18-year-old resident of Bihar with a rescue tube and a surfboard. The man was in the water with a companion when he was pulled by a strong rip current and began to drown.
Two teenagers from Bengaluru, were among three persons rescued at the Arossim beach in South Goa.
Five children who were also reported missing at Calangute, Colva and Baga beaches over the weekend were traced by lifesavers. The youngest of the missing children was a four-year-old girl, and the oldest was a ten-year-old boy.
