A tragedy was narrowly avoided late Sunday afternoon in the town of Ploemeur near Lorient (Morbihan). While he was on Kaolins beach, a 10-year-old child was caught by a wave a little before 5:30 p.m., we learned from the Morbihan departmental fire and rescue service. The alert was immediately raised and thirteen firefighters were mobilized to rescue the boy.
Conscious, the latter was taken out of the water after spending more than a quarter of an hour in very rough seas, underlines West France, specifying that the child was wearing a neoprene outfit. He was transported to the Lorient hospital center.