A couple drowned on Mira Beach on Wednesday. “They were deceived by the shallow sea,” said Lourdes Neves, a swimmer who witnessed the whole thing. “The woman went to the bath, caught a small wave and immediately asked for help, her husband rushed into the water to save her, but he was also swept away,” said an eyewitness. They will be caught by the agero: a strong current that pulls them towards the sea.
Isilda Calameu, 58, and her husband António Costa Santos, 62, were from Cordinha, in the neighboring municipality of Cantanhede. They went to the beach regularly. She worked at the IPSS, and the man was retired.
The alarm came at 12:17. “They were rescued from the water by the firefighters of Mira, who began resuscitation maneuvers until the arrival of INEM, who pronounced them dead,” explained Commander Conceição Dias of Capitan Aveiro, who coordinated the rescue using land means and jet skis. and 15 active ones.
The same people who soon after helped a 52-year-old Dutchman who lost control of his paraglider “and got into trouble in the water” on Pozo da Cruz beach, further north.
Author: Mario Freire
Source: CM Jornal
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