June 18, 2023
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A 50-year-old tourist was drown at the famous Kathisma beach of the island of Lefkada on Saturday. His wife was rescued in the last minute, while huge waves had ‘swallowed’ her husband.
According to eyewitnesses, the couple from Romania was trying to take a selfie at the edge of the beach with the waves on the background when they were swept away.
Citing a Serbian tourist local media ilefkada.gr reported that the man saw the couple taking a selfie and the woman being swept away and ran to help.
“I immediately ran to help, despite my wife and daughter screaming, and tried to catch her. At one point we were both under water and I think the wave threw us ashore. Then some people took her from my hands and dragged her to sand and safe area. Then we realized what happened to her husband because the woman started screaming,” he said.
Rescuers rushed to reach out for the husband’s body, despite the high waves.
A short time later, and while the Coast Guard had given an order to fly a helicopter to the area to help, a large wave washed the man’s body onto the beach where it was picked up by an ambulance.