PANAJI
Drishti Marine claimed to have rescued three foreign nationals, among several other beach visitors, from drowning over the last weekend break. A US national and a couple from Nepal were rescued from drowning off Candolim and Vagator beaches.
A press statement issued by the lifesaving agency states that the 32-year-old American”caught in a riptide off Candolim beach after wading into the deeper sections of the water”was brought to the shore with a rescue tube by its lifeguard.
At Vagator beach, Drishti Marine lifesavers were alerted by a beach security patrol official about a Nepali couple struggling to swim in the water. Three lifesavers ran into the sea and, using a rescue board and tube, carried the couple back to shore.
Some domestic tourists were also among those rescued on other beaches at Ashwem, Calangute, etc.
In another incident during the same period, two children, aged four years and five years respectively, who were reported missing by their kin at Calangute beach, were traced by on-duty Drishti Marine lifesavers.
