This Tuesday, a 70-year-old man died by drowning on Guacimeta Beach at around 5:00 p.m. An agent of the Civil Guard who arrived in the area to practice wingfoil encountered the situation. A friend of his who was trying to help find the man for half an hour told him what had happened and showed his nervousness and indignation at the "inaction of the two lifeguards on the beach," the agent explains.
In addition, the agent has stated to La Voz that "the lifeguards are not prepared and the one who was in the area did not even know what he had to do." He also criticizes that they also "had no resources", since they only had a life jacket.
The guard decided to enter the water to help in the search for the deceased, since after entering the water, he lost track of him. "I took the sail and the board and started looking for him until I found the lifeless body of the man two miles from the coast, that is, approximately three kilometers away," he says. Apart from the agent, two of his friends, Isaac and José Luis, also collaborated in the search for the deceased.
The agent had the idea of looking for him in the direction of the wind that was blowing with a force of 25 knots, which made it easier to find him. "I found him floating face up in a cross position and at first I thought that the man was like that to save energy and that he was alive, but when I got closer and saw a wave pass over him, I realized that he was lifeless," clarifies the rescuer.
After finding him, the civil guard jumped into the water to be able to take him to the beach but could not get him on the board because the deceased weighed too much. Therefore, he had to grab onto the board and hold the man so that the current would not carry him away.
After waiting about 15 minutes, a firemen's zodiac arrived with which they managed to take him to the Arrecife dock in cardiorespiratory arrest where finally the staff of the Canary Emergency Service confirmed his death.
The Civil Guard agent points out that "it was quite hard to return, since we had to go against the wind" and that they were lucky because "something could have happened to us too and we could have been stranded," he concludes.
