Drama in Vorpommern
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Man rescues children from the Baltic Sea and then drowns himself
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Rescue workers in front of their boat on Ahrenshoop beach.
Photo: dpa / Stefan Tretropp
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Ahrenshoop A 32-year-old got himself in need in Ahrenshoop in the Vorpommern-Rügen district after saving two ten-year-old children from drowning. Divers could only recover the man’s body.
According to the police in Neubrandenburg, the children had been aborted by the current around noon on Wednesday.
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The 32-year-old came to their aid and said they brought them to a stone jetty that protrudes into the water as a breakwater perpendicular to the beach line. Then the rescuer was caught by the current and went under.
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Professional divers recovered him from the water a few hours later after a comprehensive search. The children had previously been taken to a hospital.
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