At 14h00, Friday, 14 August, NSRI Still Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a man unconscious in the surf zone at Sandstrand, Jongensfontein, near to Still Bay.
The NSRI rescue craft, Breede Rescuer, on the water at the time, present in the vicinity of a local surfing competition taking place at Jongensfontrein, diverted to respond while NSRI crew, NSRI medics and WC Government Health EMS responded.
While responding to the scene reports indicated that bystander CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) efforts were in progress on a male, a surfer who had been taking part in the surfing competition, on the shoreline.
The NSRI rescue craft, arriving on the scene, deployed 2 NSRI crew to swim ashore where they assisted performing CPR on the 61 year old male, from Stellenbosch.
Additional NSRI crew and EMS paramedics arrived on the scene assisting in CPR efforts.
Despite extensive CPR efforts, after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted, sadly the man was declared deceased.
Police attended at the scene where the body of the man has been taken into the care of Police and Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.
Police have opened an Inquest docket.
It appears that while surfing the man collapsed unconscious. Fellow surfers recovered the man to the shoreline, while raising the alarm, and on bringing the man ashore the fellow surfers had commenced CPR.
Condolences are conveyed to family, friends and the surfing community.
sneakerkid
Van, startled, spins around and answers the rep, \”It\’s my donkey\’s ears. When they walk under the highway their ears rub along the roof and hurt them. I\’m making it taller so that doesn\’t happen\”.
The rep looking confused, because it\’s a dirt track that runs under the bridge, asks him, \”Why don\’t you grade or dig some of the soil to lower the surface so they can pass through without their ears touching?\”
Van – no the one looking confused then angry answers, \”No man, it\’s their ears that are too long, not their legs!\”