Two castaways were rescued in the vicinity of the area of Les Rotes after suffering an accident with another boat, which fled the place leaving the sailors injured at sea.
The events took place during the early hours of Sunday, when a call alerted the agents of a maritime accident in the vicinity of the beach of Les Rotes, where two navigators apparently were shipwrecked wounded in the sea.
When the agents arrived at the place they found one of those affected on the shore in a high state of nervousness and full of cuts. This person told the agents that his boat had sunk after the onslaught suffered by another vessel, which, after the facts, fled leaving them injured in the sea. At that time the whereabouts of the other navigator were unknown.
A search device was quickly established in which members of the National Police, Civil Guard, Local Police and Maritime Rescue participated.
When the health services attended to the wounded, the agents began beating along the entire beach of Les Rotes, finding remains of the collided boat all the way, when they suddenly saw a person lifting about a hundred meters from the shore Hands while asking for help.
They saved his life in extremis
Immediately, an agent of the National Police informed the Operating Room of the 091 of the exact location of the other shipwrecked man, and then launched with another agent of the Local Police of Denia into the water to proceed to his rescue.
The two agents swam against the current until they reached the injured man, who was exhausted, with clear symptoms of hypothermia and with a broken leg. After immobilizing him in the water he was transferred again swimming to the shore so that he was immediately attended by the sanitary services until the arrival of the Maritime Rescue helicopter that transferred him to the Marina Health Hospital Denia.
In the rescue of the two navigators, residents of Valencia for 44 years, members of the National Police, Civil Guard, Local Police, Maritime Rescue and two civilians participated.
The two civilians who participated in the rescue, are those who made the rescue of the first swim. And they took out the first shipwreck, who was screaming for help and who couldn't do it anymore. They noticed because they were walking along the shore. And they did not hesitate to go looking for him, they were only guided, by the voices since it was night and it was impossible to see. And when they reached the shore it was when they alerted the national police. Like the second taken by the national police. The civilians drew the first with gaps head and very exsaust. And very nervous about not knowing his friend's status. And then thanks to the work of the national police who found the other shipwrecked man. Greetings and I hope that the news clarification will help you, to value all the people who participated. I highly appreciate the speed of the national police in arriving at the site. But also to the two civilians