Barcelona: The bather spends more than 8 hours in the water after being carried by currents
A young woman bathing in Barcelona’s Barceloneta beach spent 8 hours in the water. She drifted more than 8 kilometers off shore before she was rescued by a merchant ship.
The little girl had gone swimming on Sunday, September 4th at the end of the day around 8pm on Sant Miquel Beach, which is very popular with Barcelona. It was the witnesses who alerted emergency services around 10 p.m. when they saw that his personal effects remained on the beach. The Salvament Maritime teams then launched a search, but it was already dark. The Civil Guard, Mossos d’Esquadra and Barcelona firefighters were also mobilized to activate the search by sea and air.
LTIMA HORA: Localitzada VIVA la noia que els team d’emergència buscaven des d’anit d’anit davant de la Barceloneta.Ha aparegut 2 nautical miles (3’2 km m) I work as a vaixell dealer. Ha estat més de 6h a l’aigua. Està ingressada at Hospital del Mar. pic.twitter.com/ttCWPBVs4k
– Anna Punci (Punsix) September 5, 2022
At two in the morning, after visibility became very low, the search was suspended, the emergency services explained to TV3 news channel. The young woman was not spotted until 4 a.m. by a merchant ship that was at sea. She managed to swim to the boat that welcomed her on board. The young woman wasn’t wearing a wetsuit, she was just wearing a swimsuit, and she seemed to be in good health according to news site who narrates his adventure. She was taken to Hospital del Mar in Barcelona for tests.
And the sea currents carried him a distance of 8 km.
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