A Day Lost While Celebrating Birthdays On Mount Golo Lusang, 7 Young Manggarai NTT Youths Found In Weak Condition

7 youths found by Basaras (Photo: ANTARA)

NTT - Basarnas managed to find 7 youths who were reported missing in the Golo Lusang Mountains, Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province. They were found safe.

"The Basarnas team found the seven young men safe and sound in the protected forest area of Golo Lusang, Manggarai Regency on Monday," said Head of the Maumere Search and Rescue Office, I Putu Sudayana, as quoted by Antara, Monday, July 19.

The seven youths were reported missing while celebrating their birthday in the protected forest area of Golo Lusang, last Sunday, July 18, about 131 km from the West Manggarai SAR Post.

I Putu Sudayana as SMC (Sar Mission Coordinator) said that to search for the seven youths, the SAR team from the West Manggarai SAR Post, totaling four people, moved to the scene to assist in the search for the victims.

He said the SAR team equipped with SAR Mountenering equipment to carry out SAR operations with the joint Manggarai SAR Team such as the Manggarai Police Station 15 people, the Langke Rembong Sector Police five people, the Kodim 1612 Manggarai 10 people, the Ruteng Koramil four people, the Brimob Ruteng 15 people, the BPBD Ruteng five. people, as well as families and local communities.

After searching for the seven youths, the SAR team was found today at around 11.30 WITA. The seven were found about 1.1 KM from where the youths originally gathered.

"These seven youths got lost in the protected forest area of Golo Lusang. The SAR team found the youths about 1.1 km from their original location," said I Putu Sudayana.

After being found, he said, the seven youths were immediately taken to the Manggarai Regency BKSDA guard post and handed over to the families who had been waiting for their arrival.

"The condition of the seven youths is safe, but their bodies are quite weak when they are found by the joint SAR team," said I Putu Sudayana.

He said the SAR operation to search for the seven youths in Manggarai Regency, Flores Island was carried out successfully because of the hard work of all SAR potential in the area who participated in searching for the victims.

"Thanks to the great coordination and synergy between the joint SAR teams, the search operation resulted in the seven youths being found safe," said I Putu Sudayana.