The Boy Who Drowned In The Ciliwung River, Found On The Menteng Halimun Bridge, 14 Kilometers From Kramat Jati

Joint officers evacuate the body of a 9-year-old boy who washed up in the Ciliwung Kramat Jati river, found at the Menteng BKB/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The joint SAR team managed to find a drowning victim named Ilham Agustin (9) as far as 14 kilometers from the point of the initial drowning victim. The victim's body was found in the West Flood Canal (BKB), precisely at the Halimun bridge, Menteng District, Central Jakarta.

Head of the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office as the SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in the SAR operation, Hendra Sudirman, said that the victim was found dead on Tuesday, December 21, at around 13.45 WIB.

"This discovery thanks to the synergy of the joint SAR team, finally we can find the victim immediately. We immediately evacuate the victim to the funeral home to be handed over to the family," said Hendra Sudirman when confirmed by VOI, Tuesday, December 21.

Previously, it was reported that Ilham Agustin (9), a resident of RT 14/05, Cililitan Village, was lost in the current while playing around the riverbank with his friends.

"The search started from the beginning of the victim's fall in the Kali Hitam stream towards the mouth of the Ciliwung River. The search was carried out manually without an inflatable boat," said Head of the Operations Section of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Gatot Sulaeman when confirmed, Tuesday, December 21.

The search for victims was carried out starting at 09.40 WIB at a number of points. In the search process, the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. rescue team was also assisted by a joint SAR team.

The joint SAR team conducted a search by dividing the area into two. The first SRU conducted a search using a Rubber Boat with a distance of 5 KM from the scene. Then the second SRU conducted a visual search of the land route with a distance of 3 KM from the incident location.