The story of Dedik, gathering gallons and about to swim from Balikpapan to Malang, once thought to have drowned

KOMPAS.com – A man in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Dedik (27) is determined to cross the sea to return to Malang, East Java.

He collected the two empty gallons in a float.

With his own modified buoy, he immediately jumped into the sea and swam.

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Take the gallon from your brother’s house

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On the day of the incident, Wednesday (12/16/2020), Dedik secretly took three gallons from his brother’s house.

Sold a gallon to buy cigarettes.

While the other two chevrons he assembled with a small piece of wood and tied them with a rope.

Be a buoy that will be used to avoid sinking.

Dedik then started swimming from the Lanal Balikpapan pier.

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