Italy
The two youngsters were recovered more than a kilometer from the coast of Ugento, in Puglia. The currents and the wind are at the origin of their mishap. Water scooter rescuers had to intervene.
The sun, the blue sky, the turquoise sea, theheat and onee light breeze. All the ingredients were there for the Monday of two Swiss, a 20-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man, is going wonderfully. The couple then took the opportunity to sting a nap on an air mattress. Tout was calm, maybe too calm and when the two young people woke up they were already in the open sea more than a kilometer from the beach of Ugento, in the south of Italy.
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Panicked on theour inflatable boat in distress, the tourists then tried to return to the mainland by force of arms. Cthis solution was quickly proved impossible to put in œwork because of the wind which pushed them off. So the two started to gesticulate and at shout until someone notices them from the beach and alerts help. The firefighters then intervened by jet ski to pull the inflatable mattress and its two occupants out of their trouble.
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«It’s a mishap that ends well, due to distraction and at poor knowledge of the sea in Cette zone et wind who some days phad push off inflatable boats like mattresses», explained Maurizio Scardia, daily relief from Lecce «Republic». «We quickly intervened and there will be no consequences for the two young people if it is not a blue scare.»
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