Malaysian rescue divers die while rescuing boy

Tragedy hit the Maylasian Fire and Rescue Department on Wednesday, as six rescue divers drowned in a freak accident while searching for a boy.

The boy was declared missing after he had gone to fish at a pool at an abandoned tin mine in the town of Puchong, west of the nation’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.

According to the Director General of the Fire and Rescue Department, Mohammad Hamdan Wahid, the divers encountered strong undercurrents that spun them around in the murky water.

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Also speaking, the local police chief, Abdul Aziz Ali said the spinning caused them to lose their diving gear.

“They were pulled out of the water after 30 minutes but by then they were already unconscious”, he said.

Mohammad described the death of six officers in one day as the “worst tragedy” to hit his department, adding that the search for the boy was continuing.

 

 

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