They then decided to return the next day. Lingrinhas is a smaller boat and the rental price is per person. Ricardo agreed with the helmsman that four people would board: he, his 13-year-old son and two brothers who had accompanied him for many years.
They were fishing about a mile and a half offshore when the tragedy occurred. The sea swallowed the boat in a matter of seconds and dragged it to the bottom, where forensic divers searched this Sunday. There were no bodies attached to the wreckage or nearby.
It is not yet known whether the crew had life jackets. One of them is already known: the man whose body was rescued did not have this equipment with him when the body was removed from the water.
The boy was already wearing a vest, but this did not save him. Only an autopsy will reveal whether he was still trying to escape or died immediately after being swallowed by the wave and debris.
The search for the two people, who are still missing, was coordinated by the port captain and the local head of the Setúbal Marine Police, Serrano Augusto, while the Setúbal Marine Police vessel and the rescue station vessel were deployed by sea. from Sesimbra. The ship Viana do Castelo was also mobilized. On land, members of the Grandola Volunteer Fire Department and Comporta GNR participated in the search. The Air Force scrambled two helicopters.
Author: Tanya Laranjo, Madalena Sales This Sergio A. Vitorino
Source: CM Jornal
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