Elementary School Boy Disappears In The South Sea When Big Waves Suddenly Come Dragging Into The Middle Of The Sea

PHOTO VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - The southern sea of Sukabumi Regency, West Java again claimed victims. An elementary school student (SD) went missing while swimming with his friend after playing ball on the Capitol's Karangpapak Beach.

"The joint SAR team is already at the location to conduct a search by combing the location of the incident," said Head of the Sukabumi Regency Regional SAR Coordination Forum (FKSD) Okih Fajri in Sukabumi, Sunday, October 31.

According to the information gathered, the victim was identified as M Rafli, a resident of Marinjungtengah Village, Karangpapak Village, Cisolok District. Before being swept away by the ocean currents, he had time to play football.

After being satisfied playing with a number of their friends, they chose to swim. Shortly after the victim and his friend plunged into the water, suddenly a big wave came that immediately dragged the elementary school student's body into the middle of the sea.

Fellow victims who saw the incident, could only scream for help from residents and coast guard officers. The personnel of the Tirta Tourism Rescue Agency (Balawista) of Sukabumi Regency who were on alert rushed to the location and tried to save the 12-year-old boy.

The swift current quickly carried Apon's tiny body, the victim's nickname, into the middle of the sea and finally disappeared when the waves rolled over his body. Information about victims of marine accidents immediately spread and reached the ears of the SAR team from various agencies/institutions and other potential SAR communities.

Until now, the joint SAR team from the Cisolok Police, Balawista, Sarda, Basarnas, and Cimaja Surfer Teams as well as volunteers assisted by local residents are still conducting searches and have not found any signs of the victim's whereabouts.

"The weather around the location is cloudy and it is hoped that heavy rain will not fall which can affect wave conditions, especially at the location of this sea accident, the waves and waves are quite high and the current is heavy," he added, quoted from Antara.

Okih said that the location of the beach filled with rocks did not rule out the possibility that the victim's body was tucked into the rocks, but there were many other possibilities that caused the student's body to not appear on the sea surface.

Previously, still in the southern sea of Sukabumi Regency, a tourist from Sukabumi City, West Java, Usep Munawar (27) was found drowned on Karangnaya Beach, Cikakak District on Friday (29/10). The victim drowned on the beach on Wednesday (27/10) while swimming with his friends.