"The moment I didn't see entrance into the channels I knew something [was] different. I didn't panic, I was alright. I [saw] a rescue helicopter sometime in the night and they missed me so I decided to go to St Kilda. I thought lights would guide me there but I didn't find it, so I kayaked back and they found me this morning."
"South Australia police said relatives raised the alarm just before 11pm on Tuesday, concerned for Radic's safety when he hadn't returned from his kayaking expedition. SA police's water operations unit, Polair and volunteer marine rescue crews conducted an extensive water and aerial search overnight with infrared cameras but they failed to spot Radic."
"She's happy I'm alive, alright, and [asked me] what happened. Thank you so much [to the first responders]. They're professionals. A spokesperson for SA police said Radic was winched to safety by the rescue helicopter and determined to be in good health by paramedics at the scene."
Goran Radic, a 73-year-old experienced kayaker, became disoriented while paddling in St Vincent Gulf north of Adelaide on Tuesday afternoon. Despite having kayaked from Middle Beach approximately one thousand times previously, he lost his way in open water. His relatives alerted police just before 11pm when he failed to return. Emergency services conducted an extensive overnight search using infrared cameras and aerial surveillance but initially failed to locate him. The search resumed Wednesday morning, and Radic was spotted at 8:30am sitting in his kayak 2km south of Middle Beach. He was winched to safety by rescue helicopter and determined to be in good health. Radic credited mosquitoes as the worst part of his ordeal and expressed gratitude to first responders.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]