CALANGUTE: A number of tourists were saved from drowning by lifeguards during the Christmas weekend. In one incident at Sinquerim, a group of four tourists from Nashik were rescued after lifeguards saw them struggling in the water.
A 65-year-old foreign tourist who was having breathing problems in a shack at Candolim was also taken to the Primary Health Centre by lifeguards.
Some missing children were also traced at Baga. The youngest was a three-year-old and the oldest was eight years old. On receiving information from the parents about their missing children, lifesavers quickly reunited the children with their parents after a search operation was conducted with the help of a jeep and PA system.
A number of other incidents were also reported from Arambol, Palolem and Miramar beaches.
