Görlitz – Three men just wanted to enjoy the nice weather, but the bathing trip ended fatally for one. The young man (22) drowned while swimming in a lake near Görlitz.
“On Sunday he swam with two other men from the beach towards a platform 70 meters away,” said a police spokesman.
Suddenly the young Poles lost their strength. He couldn’t take it anymore and went under.
In a panic, the remaining two men (21 and 18) made it back to the shore of Lake Berzdorf. Around 7 p.m., the police and fire brigade arrived and searched for the missing person.
Later the sad certainty: A diver pulled him lifeless out of the lake.
The young man (22) went under in this lake near Görlitz and did not reappear alive
DLRG warns of more bathing accidents
The beginning of the bathing season once again poses major challenges for the DLRG throughout Germany. In 2021, 299 people drowned in Germany – the lowest level since 2000.
Nevertheless, the DLRG raises the alarm. Because: There is a massive lack of lifeguards and during the corona pandemic hardly any young people could be recruited.
In Saxony alone you would need significantly more staff. “There are currently around 800 to 900 lifeguards on duty. In order to ensure adequate security, twice as many would be needed,” said Sebastian Knabe (Managing Director of DLRG Sachsen).
Danger! Especially in former gravel and lignite opencast mines, sand slides with enormous natural forces can occur again and again.
18-year-old dies after jumping into the sea
A young man (18) died in Zossen (Brandenburg) on Sunday after jumping into a lake.
The man is said to have jumped from a platform about 30 centimeters high into the water of the lido and, according to the police, no longer appeared. Divers and a helicopter then searched for the 18-year-old.
A diver finally pulled him lifeless out of the water. Despite attempts at resuscitation, the casualty died at the scene of the accident. The cause of death was initially unclear, according to the police spokesman.
DLRG saves a canoeist from drowning
Lifeguards saved a canoeist who couldn’t swim from drowning on Lake Stoessensee in Berlin. The approximately 35-year-old woman overturned her boat on the water in western Berlin on Sunday afternoon and, according to the DLRG, fell under the canoe.
Lifeguards observed the incident, a swimmer immediately jumped into the water, and another came from a lifeboat. The canoeist was brought to safety, suffering from shortness of breath and in shock.