A ten-year-old girl drowns in the Elbe on the Elbe beach in Hamburg-Blankenese – right in front of her parents. The intensive search is called off after a few hours. The rescuers have no more hope.
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Hamburg – In Hamburg-Blankenese, a ten-year-old girl drowned in the Elbe in front of her parents’ eyes this afternoon. The rescue team searched for the child for hours with a large contingent, refusing to give up hope. “This is a particularly terrible operation for us,” said a fire department spokesman. The parents were cared for by the emergency pastoral care service.
At around 8:50 p.m., the helpers stopped the search. According to the spokesman, the search will not be continued on Friday. It must be assumed that the child drowned, he said. “We are all very upset.”
A rescue helicopter circled over the Elbe
According to reports, the police were alerted shortly before 4 p.m. They were told that a child was in danger of drowning in the Elbe. According to the fire department, around 50 firefighters searched the area around the accident site on the Falkensteiner Ufer. The search radius had been expanded due to the current in the Elbe, said the fire department spokesman. The fire department and DLRG were deployed with boats, and divers also searched for the child. Helicopters circled over the Elbe. Drones and a special sonar boat were also deployed.
