2-Year-Old Boy Drifted In Sewer, Finally Found Dead

The SAR team evacuates victims (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - A two-year-old boy was found lifeless in Manado, North Sulawesi, on Sunday after falling in a ditch Tuesday, September 22. Reported by Antara, Monday, September 27, the Head of the Manado Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas) Suhri Sinaga, in Manado, Sunday, said Basarnas had made maximum efforts to search for a victim named Aguero Ondang in Pall 2 Manado Village. For five days, the joint SAR team carried out The search started from the point where the victim fell in the sewer to the estuary, but has not found a bright spot. All search methods have been carried out starting from sweeping along the riverbank, drifting methods and movements using rubber boats, but have not produced results.

Only on the sixth day, Sunday, September 26 at 02.00 WITA, the joint SAR team received information from the people of Mantehage Island who found the body of a two-year-old toddler floating adrift. After arriving at the location, the family confirmed that the body was that of Aguero Ondang, who had been drifting since five days ago. The victim was found about 24 miles from the joint post. The joint SAR team immediately took the victim to the funeral home for burial. Even though the team was involved in the middle of the night, the team was still working to evacuate the victims. Thank you to the local fishermen on Mantehage Island who have provided information on the discovery of the victims so that the victims can be evacuated," he said.