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Rescue operation in Hamburg: 16-year-old missing in Elbe
Emergency services are looking for a missing youth near the Elbe near Falkensteiner Ufer. photo
© Carola Große-Wilde/dpa
A cool dip in the Elbe in hot summer temperatures? That’s not a really good idea. A 16-year-old disappeared – and did not appear again. The search for him has so far been unsuccessful.
Numerous emergency services found a missing 16-year-old in Hamburg on Sunday afternoon Elbe wanted. “Several witnesses saw that he went under and did not reappear,” said a police spokesman for the German Press Agency. A helicopter, numerous police and fire brigade boats, the German Life Saving Society (DLRG), divers and an emergency doctor are on site. According to the police, the rescue workers were alerted at 3:53 p.m. and have so far searched in vain for the swimmer.
The 16-year-old was on the Falkensteiner Ufer with a friend, said a police spokesman. A crisis intervention team is on site. “We had running water at the time of the operation, now the tide has changed,” said an operations manager shortly before 6 p.m. “We are currently deployed with three diving teams and are also searching with sonar devices.”
The Hamburg Environmental Protection Agency warns on its website that anyone looking to cool off in the summer temperatures in Hamburg should avoid the Elbe. Swimming there is very dangerous.