Drowning In Lake WTP Cibitung, 14-Year-Old Boy Still In Search Of The SAR Team

The SAR team is searching for a 14-year-old boy in Lake WTP Cibitung, Bekasi/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A 14-year-old boy named Zendo Rayan Pratama drowned while swimming in the Lake WTP (Water Treatment Plant) Metland Cibitung, Bekasi Regency, West Java.

As of Monday morning, January 8, the victim had not been found since he was reported missing on Sunday, January 7. And at this time the SAR Team is still searching for Zendo.

According to information compiled, Sunday afternoon, January 7 at around 11.00 WIB, the victim was swimming with his friends in the Lake WTP (Water Treatment Plant) area of Metland Cibitung.

His colleague had time to help the victim. But unfortunately, the victim's colleague was unable to reach the victim until he finally disappeared.

"We have deployed rescue personnel from the Bekasi SAR Alert Unit to carry out efforts to search for victims along with joint SAR elements," said Head of the Jakarta Basarnas as SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in the SAR operation, Fazzli when confirmed, Monday, December 8.

Fazzli said the search effort was divided into two areas. The first team conducted a search effort by sweeping using rubber boats and carrying out a dive process up to a radius of 10 meters from the scene.

"The second team carried out a search effort by combing the land route along the lips of the lake up to a radius of 100 meters from the scene," he said.

Efforts to search for victims continue to be carried out but have not yielded results.

"We will continue monitoring for sweeping," he said.

The joint SAR personnel deployed in the search included the Bekasi SAR Alert Unit, BPBD Bekasi Regency, West Cikarang Police, Cibitung Koramil, Firefighters and other communities.