COAST GUARD RESCUED FOUR LOCALS AND A FOREIGNER FROM DROWNING

The Lifesavers attached to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Lifesaving Posts Hikkaduwa and Mirissa public beaches saved four locals and a foreigner during a successful rescue attempt on 01^st April 2023. The group included two males aged 29 and 30, two females aged 27 and 29, and one female from Russia aged 31.

The swift response by skilled Sri Lanka Coast Guard lifesavers managed to save these locals and a foreigner despite the sudden currents forming in the area.

So far in 2023, Sri Lanka Coast Guard lifesavers attached to 16 life-saving posts around the country have rescued 69 invaluable lives including 28 foreigners in several successful rescue attempts.