An Ocean View man (46), caught in rip currents at Glencairn Beach, drowned on Saturday 8 January.
Darren Zimmerman, National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Simon’s Town station commander, said a trainee crew member responded to the incident at 14:09 on Saturday 8 January.
“An NSRI trainee crew member, who lives across the road from the beach and was at the beach at the time, launched into the water with an NSRI pink rescue buoy.”
NSRI Simon’s Town, Cape Medical response, Fish Hoek Lifesaving lifeguards, Western Cape Government Health EMS, Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services and law enforcement officers responded.
“The NSRI member reached the man in the surf zone finding him lifeless in the water,” said Zimmerman.
Using the rescue buoy to aid in floatation, the current swept them further out to sea where they were both assisted onto the NSRI sea craft. After extensive efforts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful, he was declared deceased.
