Tonight Joint Officers Are On Standby At Pelabuhan Ratu Beach, Looking For A Drowned 12-year-old Child

The victim's sister who survived at Pelabuhan Ratu beach, Sukabumi/Photo: Antara

SUKABUMI – Even though there is minimal lighting at night, dozens of SAR personnel are still on standby at Kebonkalapa Citepus Beach, Pelabuhan ratu, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, to look for victims who have drowned.

"The joint SAR team has arrived to carry out humanitarian operations to search for drowning victims. SAR personnel consist of Basarnas, TNI AL, Sukabumi Regency SAR, and other potential SAR volunteers who have joined the Sukabumi Police Satpolair to carry out SAR operations," said the Head of Sukabumi water Police, Police Commissioner Adjutant Tri Andri Affandi told reporters in Sukabumi.

The marine accident that befell a family of three people occurred on Sunday at around 14.30 western Indonesia time. Initially, the first victim, Putri Rahayu (13) was dragged by the current and her body was rolled by the waves. Seeing the incident, Enar (41) and Dias Sandriah (12) tried to help.

The coast guard officers who were on standby at the location immediately provided assistance and managed to save Putri who was then rushed to Pelabuhan Ratu Hospital by the Sukabumi Regency Tourism Team because she was experiencing shortness of breath.

But unfortunately for Dias, who fought to save the lives of her family, it turned out that her body was actually attracted by the ocean currents and drowned in the waves that came repeatedly which until now has not been found.

According to Tri, the search on Sunday was postponed due to weather conditions and it was already dark, making it impossible to conduct a search. For this reason, the joint SAR team coordinated to determine the location and technical points for the search for victims, which continued on Monday, September 21.

"The search will continue tomorrow by dividing teams to search in the middle of the sea using ships and sweeping on land. Currently, SAR personnel are still on standby at the location to monitor the location of the missing victims' sinking points," he added.