Human Chain Rescues Boy Dragged Out To Sea

A melodramatic rescue took spot astatine Peñón del Cura formation successful Mijas connected Saturday, September 6, wherever a quality concatenation of lifeguards and beachgoers saved a 6-year-old boy’s life erstwhile he was swept distant by a beardown rip current. 

The incident happened nether reddish emblem conditions owed to precocious winds and unsmooth waves. Despite nan warnings, 5 children ventured into nan water, pinch 4 who managed to return to shore. The young boy was caught 15 metres offshore and struggled against beardown currents, which led to contiguous action from those connected nan beach.

The perilous conditions, pinch beardown Levante winds and waves which reached up nan formation arsenic acold arsenic nan seawall, near small soil still exposed. One beachgoer initially swam retired and attempted to prevention nan boy but besides became trapped and exhausted successful nan relentless existent and later required ambulance assistance. Lifeguards were incapable to usage a pitchy skis owed to nan rocky, shallow shore, and truthful rallied beachgoers together to shape a quality chain. Their speedy consequence enabled nan boy’s safe return, alive, and without swallowing excessively overmuch water.

Gemma Anne Bately of Olive Grove Realty was connected nan formation and witnessed everything, “We saw nan full point they besides rescued 2 young children first past sewage nan man retired but pinch difficulty! Great occupation from nan lifeguards! The oversea looked very beardown coming a informing to beryllium careful!”

Lifeguards accent nan value of education, arsenic galore task into nan oversea astatine this clip of twelvemonth pinch small attraction for warnings from nan coloured emblem system, and besides misunderstand what 1 needs to do if caught disconnected defender by a rip tide. Lifeguards urge swimming parallel to nan formation to flight these currents and not towards nan beach, arsenic nan tide is acold stronger than anyone tin swim.

AEMET warns worse seas to come

This incident coincided pinch heightened coastal risks, arsenic nan Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued a yellowish alert for nan full Costa del Sol for these past days of summer, forecast winds of 50-60 km/h and waves of 2-3 metres on overmuch of nan coastline. Authorities pass against complacency, for example, not taking selfies adjacent nan statement and securing loose objects. The Costa del Sol’s beaches person seen a troubling emergence successful drownings recently, pinch 17 fatalities reported from January to August 2025, a number that has tripled complete nan past 3 years, according to nan National Drowning Report. This accounts for complete 25 per cent of Andalusia’s 66 drownings, making Malaga Province Andalucia’s deadliest state for aquatic incidents and has contributed to Spain’s decade-high 368 drowning deaths.

There are 62 lifeguards deployed successful Mijas passim September while risks proceed contempt less visitors. With older tourists, location are accrued concerns for cardiac incidents. The rescue is simply a reminder of nan captious domiciled of lifeguard vigilance and organization cooperation, arsenic good arsenic nan request for amended acquisition of young and aged and to heed reddish emblem warnings and to consult lifeguards earlier entering nan water, arsenic nan oversea seldom offers 2nd chances.