Scheveningen / Netherlands: Deadly surfer drama in the North Sea: “There really were no idiots”

Update May 14, 7.47 p.m.: One of the five victims of the fatal surfing accident in the Netherlands. possibly lost forever stay. According to a spokesperson, the Dutch Navy provided the “Active search” for remains from the 23-year-old Delft student.

Update May 14, 12:45 p.m.: Naval divers search the last Thursday Victim of a fatal accident Five Dutch surfers were resumed. Again Underwater robot He used to find the body of the 23-year-old, the Dutch news agency ANP reported.

The body of the missing youth was sighted on Tuesday, but was later aborted by the current. The forces had searched for him in vain on the Wednesday before Scheveningen.

Surfing Drama: Deadly North Sea Tragedy – “There Really Weren’t Idiots” – One Victim Still Missing

Update May 13 at 7:29 p.m.After this Surfer misfortune the fifth surfer is still missing on the Dutch North Sea coast. The search for him was canceled on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, the body of the 23-year-old has not yet been found, police said in The Hague on Wednesday. The forces had searched all day on the Scheveningen coast, near The Hague. Navy divers and an underwater robot had also been deployed. The search should continue on Thursday.

Update May 13 at 3 p.m. After the tragic fatal accident of five Dutch Surfers at North sea coast The search for the latest victim has been resumed.

As the police Wednesday in The Hague, it also helps Marine when you look near the port. the Marine among other things put one Underwater robot a, reports the Dutch agency ANP. Initially, the police and the coast guard were unsuccessful first thing in the morning.

Surfing drama: Deadly tragedy in the North Sea – “”

Update May 13 at 11:57 a.m. In dutch North sea coast on the beach of misfortune Scheveningen there was an alarm on Wednesday morning how in the Twitter account the rescue brigade can read. “Person in the water on the beach at Noordelijk Havenhoofd,” it said in the tweet.

Five surfers died in the waves on Monday. Four bodies were recovered, the fifth body was still missing (we reported).

As reported by the newspaper “Bild”, a fisherman had one on Wednesday morning Body sighted in the water. Be it the fifth Body It is still unclear. According to the report, a special one Surf rescue team Start the search by firefighters during the day. The coast is also flown by helicopter.

Surfing drama: deadly tragedy in the North Sea – local surf club mourns

Update May 12, 8:09 p.m.: Stiffness in the Netherlands: After the tragic Five surfers die in the North Sea It’s the place Scheveningen as paralyzed

The local surf club wrote on Facebook: “Today we all think about Joost, Sander, Pim, Matthijs and Maxwho yesterday paid for the fight with our beloved North Sea with their young lives. A black day in the history of Scheveningen. “

The mayor of the hague Johan Remkes expect a quick clarification of the accident. He also wants to determine if adjustments are needed in the Scheveningen surf water.

Holland: surfing drama in the North Sea – mourning in Scheveningen

Update May 12, 6:54 p.m.: The small fishing village Scheveningen to Hague cry mayor Johan Remkes He expressed his sympathy to family members after the tragic surfing accident. “This is mainly a personal drama,” he explains.

“We sympathize with you and stand by you.” The pain in the community was “unimaginable,” he said later at a press conference: “The way so many young lives are broken and so many families and groups of friends have come together is unimaginably cruel. ”The victims were between 22 and 38 years.

Netherlands: Surfing drama in the North Sea: five people die

On the beach, as can be seen from television images, people stand together and stare in amazement at the large emergency vehicles and boats still searching for the latest victim. They are walkers, residents, and surfers.

In front of the surf club The shore There are flowers. Some of the victims are said to have been surf teachers here. “Two of them were even lifeguards.“Says a young man to journalists. “They weren’t really idiots“Another says on the radio. “They knew the sea as their pockets.“Says the mayor. Should men and women Has been.

But what had happened and needed these well-trained surfers? “We don’t know yet,” said the Coast Guard spokesman. Edwin Granneman On the radio, “That still needs to be investigated.”

Some surfers managed to get to the beach on their own. The Royal Dutch Rescue Company was alerted and was able to move in on Monday. Rescue seven people from the water. Two died on the beach despite attempts to resuscitate. A third surfer was hospitalized.

On Tuesday, more bodies were gradually recovered.

Surfing drama in the North Sea: the search ends tragically – terrifying new details

Update May 12 at 3:59 p.m. Sad certainty in the North Sea: In the event of a tragic accident before Dutch coast are five surfers died. According to police, surfers were in front of a beach on Monday. Scheveningen to Hague uprooted in the rough sea with strong winds.

Two of the crashed surfers are trained lifeguards state, said The Hague “night mayor” Pat smith at the radio station The Hague FM. They had disappeared in the spray during exercise, which “had hit them like an avalanche.”

North Sea: surfing drama on the Dutch coast

The storm had badly stirred the sea. Rescuers also had difficulty crossing the Fighting spray. In photos from the accident scene. helicopter to see the solid foam with its rotor blades at the port entrance Scheveningen dissipated. Several lifeboats also made their way through the waves.

It comes from the Dutch coast only rarely to bathing and surfing cases. However, in a storm, the situation can quickly become dangerous.

Update May 12 at 11:52 a.m. According to data from bild.de The number of deaths has now increased to five. The search for other missing persons has ended.

North Sea: surf trip ends fatally – dramatic details

First report of May 12, 2020: Scheveningen – Severe weather conditions have at least on the Dutch coast four people lost their livesanother should be missed. How bild.de reported strong winds and currents Monday night (May 11) brought in need.

North Sea: dead and missing: surfer drama: weather conditions are doomed to them

As they say according to the local coast guard seven surfers made landfall, because they could not do it alone. Two of them were bild.de according to monday rescued dead. Accordingly, one person was taken to a hospital, a third and a fourth surfer were on Tuesday morning (May 12) washed ashore. Another person is still missing.

North Sea drama: several surfers die – rescue operation underway

The search continued on Monday night at 11 p.m. to resume on Tuesday. According to the report, helicopters and boats are currently used, a layer of foam in the water however complicate the rescue operation.

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A brutal murder is said to have occurred in Werder upon Havel on Monday night (May 11). A man is said to have killed a woman and then fled.

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