Hennie Niehaus, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said; “At 11h16 on Sunday 25 December, NSRI Wilderness volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of two children, a male and a female, both aged approximately 13, being swept out to sea at Victoria Bay.
“Lifeguards, on duty at the beach, responded and NSRI activated our sea rescue craft SERENDIPITY and our DISCOVERY rescue runner.
“The SA Police Services, Metro EMS and the Metro EMS Skymed helicopter were activated.
“On arrival on-scene we found that lifeguards had rescued both patients from the water. The male had sunk beneath the sea surface when lifeguards had reached him but the lifeguards had managed to successfully rescue both patients bringing them to shore and treatment was administered on-scene by Metro EMS paramedics before both patients were airlifted by the Metro EMS Skymed helicopter to hospital, the female in a stable condition and the male in a stable but serious condition and resuscitation efforts were continued in the helicopter on the male en route to hospital. .
“It was not clear at the time where the youngsters are from.”
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