CALANGUTE: Nine tourists including two children were rescued over the weekend at the tourist hotspots of Baga and Calangute.
Five tourists were saved from drowning after four of them attempted to save a man from drowning at Baga beach over weekend.
One of the five persons in the group had started to drown which led to four of his friends attempting to rescue him.
But the would-be-rescuers themselves got caught in a rough current, leading lifesavers to intervene and bring all five persons safely back to shore. First-aid was administered to the rescued men, aged between 22-26 years from Karnataka and Pune, in order to stabilise them, a lifesaver agency said.
Another 21-year-old man from Bengaluru was rescued at Calangute Beach after he was found struggling in a rip current.
Two missing children, a four-year-old girl from Madhya Pradesh and one child from Mumbai were located by lifesavers at Calangute and Baga beaches, while lifesavers were also quick to reunite a missing child with his parents at Baga beach.
Goa’s beaches witnessed 11 rescue operations over the extended weekend, which included Guru Nanak Jayanti, which was celebrated across the country on Monday.
